Low, Maurice George (Flying Officer)

Prisoner of War 1942-November-30

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Birth Date: unkown date

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Home: New Westminster, British Columbia

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Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

7 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Per Diem Per Noctem By day and by night

Base

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Navigator

Service Numbers

J/85129
PoW: 1254

Home
Google MapNew Westminster, British Columbia
Target
Google MapTurin Italy

Took off from Oakington at 00:02 in Stirling Mk I (Sqn code: MG-O Bomber Command).

Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Pecy (Seine-et-Marne 34 km NE of Melun France.

Five killed in crash: Sergeant William Lionel Jones RAF KIA Pecy Communal Cemetery Ref : Coll. grave 2-4. Flight Sergeant Walter Grenfell Kirby RCAF R/74930 KIA Pecy Communal Cemetery Ref : Coll. grave 2-4. Sergeant Albert Henry James Searle RAF KIA Pecy Communal Cemetery Ref : Coll. grave 2-4. F/Lt Richard Marcus Smith RAF KIA Pecy Communal Cemetery Ref : Grave 5. Sergeant Joseph William Wheildon RAF KIA Pecy Communal Cemetery Ref : Coll. grave 2-4.

Two survived as POW: Sergeant Robert Andrews Fee RCAF R/90718 POW Stalag Luft L6 Heydekrug Sergeant Maurice George Low RCAF R/106544 POW Stalag Luft L6 Heydekrug.