Can anyone tell me what happened to Wellington HE700? I am trying to find out how Air Gunner John Eaton Maddocks died
Here are the loss details for Sgt. J E. Maddocks....... 12 October 1944 83 OTU Wellington X HE700 Op. Training Took off at 0125 hours from Peplow for a night cross-country. After acknowledging a recall signal sent due to worsening weather conditions the aircraft spun out of the cloud base and crashed at 0530 hours into a ploughed field at Narnerley Farm, Stoke Grange, just to the west of Ternhill airfield and 3 miles south west of Market Drayton, Shropshire Crew. P/O. J C. Hubble + F/S. T R T. Gooding + Sgt. P N. Gent + Sgt. E. Evans + Sgt. J E. Maddocks + Sgt. J L. Doveton + Source - RAF Bomber Command Losses Vol.7 - W R. Chorley
MADDOCKS, JOHN EATON Rank: Sergeant Trade: Air Gnr. Service No: 2226577 Date of Death: 12/10/1944 Age: 36 Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Grave Reference: Sec. A. Grave 27D. Cemetery: CHESTER (BLACON) CEMETERY Additional Information: Son of Samuel William and Sarah Jane Maddocks, of Liverpool; husband of Elizabeth Maddocks, of Liverpool. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=56184191
