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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Maurice Vaughn Durling

Hometown

Dorchester, Massachusetts

Honored By

A Grateful American

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF FLIGHT SERGEANT AND SERVED AS A BOMB AIMER IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION WITH HIS ENTIRE CREW AT THE AGE OF 22 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 153 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS HOMEBOUND AVRO LANCASTER MK III (PB515) WAS INVOLVED IN A MID-AIR COLLISION AND CRASHED NEAR NETTLEHAM, LINCOLNSHIRE, ENGLAND DURING A BOMBING RAID TO NUREMBERG, GERMANY ON JANUARY 2, 1945. BURIED AT STONEFALL CEMETERY, HARROGATE, YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND.