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Submitted: 9/23/15 • Approved: 4/7/21 • Last Updated: 4/10/21 • R90124-G0-S3
LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN
Royal Air Force Volunteer
England
World War II
1924-February 20, 1943
Inscription: "At The Going Down Of The Sun And In The Morning We Will Remember"
Casualty of WWII, Maurice was a Leading Aircraftman in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve; Service No:1602017.
He was the son of Charles Lionel Ratcliffe and Mary Mabel Jensen, of Southbourne, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England.
Maurice was born in Bournemouth Dorset, England and died in Moyers, Oklahoma at the age of 19.
A flight of nineteen AT-6s left Terrell for a cross-country flight to Miami, Oklahoma. The weather deteriorated and an attempt was made to recall the aircraft. Fourteen planes returned to Terrell, two planes reached Miami, one plane made a forced landing in Oklahoma, and two planes crashed in the Kiamichi mountains near Moyers, Oklahoma. Maurice was one of the four pilots who went down in the mountains. There is a memorial set up for them by a group of school children outside of Moyers, Oklahoma. {T.K.}
Contributed on 9/23/15 by tomannkill
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