DAMBUSTERS Maudslay, Henry Eric

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Maudslay ​

• FORENAME

Henry Eric ​

• UNIT

617 Squadron,R.A.F.V.R. ​

• RANK

Squadron Leader ​

• NUMBER

62275 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

17th May 1943 ​

• AGE

21 ​

• GRAVESITE

Reichswald Forest War Cemetery,Germany 5.C.3 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 1912​

resided Sherbourne,Nottinghamshire​

son of Reginald Walter and Susan Gwendolen Maudslay,Broadway,Worcestershire​

educated Eton College​

"Maudsley" in some accounts (including DFC award)​

RAFVR 1940​

2 RC 3.4.1940​

1 RC 20.6.1940​

5 ITW 1940​

51 Group Pool 19.8.1940​

10 SFTS 28.9.1940​

10 SFTS 1.11.1940​

Pilot Officer 29.1.1941​

44 Squadron 22.5.1941​

award DFC (30.1.1942)​

1654 CU 2.10.1941​

Flying Officer 29.1.1942​

Flight Lt 29.1.1943​

50 Squadron 1.3.1943​

617 Squadron 25.3.1943 (commander B Flight)​

pilot​

Lancaster ED937​

Op.Chastise (Eder Dam)​

hit by flak and crashed 0236 hours Netterden,Germany​

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[Wellesbourne]

Henry Eric Maudslay

Maudslay was from Sherbourne Warwickshire. there is a commemorative wall plaque in the All Saints Church, Sherbourne in his memory. His father was founder of the Standard Motor Car Company in nearby Coventry.