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Location
In Northwood Cemetery, Cowes, Isle of Wight Description Standard EWGC headstone. WW II pattern. Grave Location : 9504 |
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Headstone
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Inscription
1334594 FLIGHT SERGEANT P J E MADDOX WIRELESS OPERATOR / AIR GUNNER ROYAL AIR FORCE 19TH APRIL 1944 AGE 22 + FOREVER YOUNG Further Information
The aircraft took off at 22:43 hrs from RAF Witchford to bomb Rouen, and were shot down on their return over their own aerodrome by an Me410 night fighter at 03.48 hrs. All the crew members died and most were buried in their home towns. C Eddy (who was Australian) and Canadian H Bennis were buried in Cambridge City Cemetery. Information from John Bloodworth |
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