Maffre Crew 91 (4 missions; April 1944)

P/O Grenfell Snow (W/AG); F/O John Arscott (B/A); Mr. Arscott (Father); P/O Vincent Cownden (AG); P/O Gerald Maffre, (Pilot)

Missing from photo

F/O Sgt. A Fuller (F/E)

F/O A. Stacey (Nav)

Sgt Robert Meek (AG)

On the 27^th April 1944 Pilot Maffre flew Halifax LL-243 (WL-U) on a mission to bomb the railyards at Montzen. This crew FTR as the A/C was shot down by a night fighter (Obit George Fengler, I. /NJG 1).

It crashed at 0140 at Wittem, (Limburg), 18km ESE of Maastricht, four crew did not survive; P/O Maffre, P/O Snow, Sgt. Meek, and P/O Cownden. Two evaded capture; F/O Arscott and F/O Stacey. Sgt. Fuller became a POW.

The story of F/O Stacey is in the book,” Amazing Airmen” by Ian Darling.

Photo courtesy Christine and Peter Arscott