Steele, Maurice Henry
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Maurice Henry |
Surname | Steele |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 09-04-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Charles Henry and Fanny Steele, of Shoreham-By-Sea. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | MZ361 |
Markings | EY-D |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Shoreham by Sea Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sec. A. Row 48. Grave 6 Extn. |
Epitaph | LOVE'S LAST GIFT, REMEMBRANCE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 247 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1890024 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 78 |
Trade | Wireless Operator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to Clubhouse, Breighton Airfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | Dedicated to all who served at this airfield and gave their lives during World War II |
Location | External, All Saints Church, Bubwith, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial, inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | 78 Sqn 4 Group Bomber Command Yorkshire 1939 - 1945 To All Who Served |
Location | Internal, All Saints Church, Bubwith, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Wooden Board, Memorial Chapel featuring Cross made from Halifax wreckage |
Memorial Text | The 78 Sqn Memorial in the Churchyard was dedicated by the Bishop of Selby on 7th September 1986. RAF Breighton, two miles from this church was the Sqn's home from June 1943 to May 1945 |
Location | Outside "B" Hangar, RAF Benson, Oxfordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Slate Plaque |
Memorial Text | In proud memory of all who have lost their lives serving with 78 Sqn Royal Air Force "Nemo Non Paratus - Nobody Unprepared" |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 08-04-1945 |
End Date | 09-04-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Breighton |
Day/Night Raid | Night (18% moon) |
Operation | Hamburg- to attack the shipyards. 440 aircraft, 6 losses. Bombing was scattered due to cloud cover. Although some damage was probably caused to the shipyards, the American 8th Air Force had attacked the target only a few hours earlier so it was impossible to differentiate the damaged caused by the two raids |
Reason for Loss | Crashed into high-ground at Pocklington, Yorkshire. The weather was poor with low cloud and coastal fog |