MAURICE NORMAN WAUGH 

Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Service Number:104354.
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Died Sunday 14th February 1943
Age 31
County Memorial Wistaston
Crewe
Ruskin Road School, Crewe WW2
Wistaston WW2
Commemorated\Buried Ibadan Military Cemetery
Grave\Panel Ref: European C. of E. Plot A.
CountryNigeria

Maurice Norman's Story.

Maurice was a pilot with 1 OADU ( Overseas Aircraft Delivery Unit). On Sunday 14th February 1943 he was the pilot of the lead aircraft of a convoy of Blenheim V aircraft flying over Ibadan, Nigeria when his right engine failed causing the aircraft to spin out off control and crash into the ground and catch fire. All three crew members were killed. Maurice was 31 years old. He is commemorated at the Ibadan Cemetary in Nigeria, the Wistaston War memorial and the Wistaston Memorial Hall plaque


Blenheim V


Wistaston War Memorial

Wistaston Memorial Hall plaque