Pilot Officer Gerard Hamilton MAFFETT,80814, 257 Sqdn., RAFVR: 31/08/1940, Hurricane p3175

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  1. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    Pilot Officer GERARD HAMILTON MAFFETT

    80814, 257 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
    who died age 24
    on 31 August 1940
    Son of Lt.-Col. Reginald Ernest and Gwendoline Mary Maffett, of Wellington Lodge, Maidenhead, Berks. His brother John Francis also died on service.
    Remembered with honour
    BRAY CEMETERY

    80814, P/O Gerard Hamilton Maffett’s Hurricane was shot down over Walton-on-the-Naze after his squadron intercepted enemy aircraft returning from a bombing raid on Fighter Command airfields. Maffett, 24, managed to bale out of his stricken plane – but was too low to save himself. His aircraft ended up on the saltings at the north end of what used to be the Naze Golf Course and is now a public open space.

    Seventy years on, the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) commemorated the incident on 27th August 2010. A Hurricane, Spitfire and Lancaster made a dedicated flypast at the Naze Tower after taking part in the Clacton Air Show


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    His Brother also died in Service
    Wing Commander JOHN FRANCIS MAFFETT

    25054, Royal Air Force
    who died age 29
    on 12 February 1942
    Son of Reginald Ernest and Gwendoline Mary Maffett; husband of Delia Violet Maffett, of Hindhead, Surrey. His brother Gerard Hamilton Maffett also died.
    Remembered with honour
    RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
     

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  2. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    MAFFETT, GERARD HAMILTON

    Rank:
    Pilot Officer
    Trade:
    Pilot
    Service No:
    80814
    Date of Death:
    31/08/1940
    Age:
    24
    Regiment/Service:
    Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

    257 Sqdn.
    Grave Reference
    Sec. O. Grave 42.
    Cemetery
    BRAY CEMETERY
    Additional Information:
    Son of Lt.-Col. Reginald Ernest and Gwendoline Mary Maffett, of Wellington Lodge, Maidenhead, Berks. His brother John Francis also died on service.

    P/O G.H.Maffett of No 257 Squadron was shot down and killed on the 31st of August 1940 at 08:55hrs. His Hurricane I (P3175) was in combat with a Bf 110 over Clacton. The wreckage of P3175 is now on show at the R.A.F. Museum, Hendon
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  3. Lofty1

    Lofty1 Senior Member

    Clive hope you don't mind me adding this, ------ :poppy: Gerald Maffett :poppy:

    Have added a link, a Memorial service at the Naze Tower for this Airman in 2010, which I attended driving the Scammel, this vehicle was used to recover the wreck in 1972.It was attended by Gerald Maffetts family, and the author of One Hurricane One Raid, a book specifically about this wreck and this Airman, it was also arranged for the BBMF to make an appearance, they did and put on quite a show, as can be seen from this link, (sorry about the quality)

    regards lofty



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  4. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    Lofty thanks mate much appreciated

    I visited Hendon to get the photo of the Hurricane then went on Bray to get the headstone.

    regards
    Clive
     
  5. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    Casualty
    Pilot Officer (Pilot )MAFFETT, GERARD HAMILTON
    Service Number 80814

    Died 31/08/1940

    Aged 24

    257 Sqdn.
    Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

    Son of Lt.-Col. Reginald Ernest and Gwendoline Mary Maffett, of Wellington Lodge, Maidenhead, Berks. His brother John Francis also died on service.
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    Crashed Aircraft on display at RAF Museum Hendon

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    UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
    Name: Gerard Hamilton Maffett
    Birth Date: 11 Jun 1916
    Birth Place: Pakistan
    Death Date: 31 Aug 1940
    Death Place: Clacton-on-Sea, Tendring District, Essex, England
    Cemetery: Bray Parish Cemetery
    Burial or Cremation Place: Bray, Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough, Berkshire, England
    Has Bio?: Y
    URL: https://www.findagrave.com/mem...

    England, Andrews Newspaper Index Cards, 1790-1976
    Name: Gerard Hamilton Maffett
    Death Date: 31 Aug 1940
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    England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
    Name: Gerard H Maffett
    Death Age: 24
    Birth Date: abt 1916
    Registration Date: Sep 1940
    Registration district: Colchester
    Inferred County: Essex
    Volume: 4a
    Page: 1546

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    P/O G.H. Maffett killed. (Engaged in combat and shot down by Bf110. Aircraft crashed at Walton-on-Naze)
    1330hrs: Thames Estuary. Hurricane P3159. 310 Squadron Duxford
     
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    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    PILOT OFFICER GERARD HAMILTON MAFFETT
    Service Number: 80814
    Regiment & Unit/Ship
    Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

    257 Sqdn.

    Date of Death
    Died 31 August 1940

    Age 24 years old

    Buried or commemorated at
    BRAY CEMETERY

    Sec. O. Grave 42.

    United Kingdom


    • Country of ServiceUnited Kingdom
    • Additional InfoSon of Lt.-Col. Reginald Ernest and Gwendoline Mary Maffett, of Wellington Lodge, Maidenhead, Berks. His brother John Francis also died on service.

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