Maw, Michael Trentham
Personal Information
Rank | W/C |
Forename(s) | Michael Trentham |
Surname | Maw |
Gender | M |
Age | 32 |
Decorations | DFC |
Date of Death | 13-08-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Mowbray Trentham Maw and Mary Jaffray Maw. Husband of Joan Eleanor Maw, of Harpenden, Hertfordshire. B.A. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | MZ345 |
Markings | C8-G |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 22. D. 4-8. |
Epitaph | ONE BODY, AND ONE SPIRIT, ... ONE LORD, ONE FAITH (Adaptation of Ephesians 4:4) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 206 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 70457 |
Service | Royal Air Force (RAFO) |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 640 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Peter & St. Paul's Church, Nutfield, Surrey |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | A memorial to Wg Cdr M T Maw of 640 Sqn, killed in action in Halifax MZ345 on 13th August 1944 |
Location | Normandy Barracks, Leconfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Metal Sculpture Brick Pillars and Inscribed Sqn Badges |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those who flew from RAF Leconfield, including 640 Sqn |
Location | Memorial Gardens, Beverley, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone, Inscribed Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those of 640 Sqn who were killed during WW2 |
Miscellaneous Information
Held a Bachelor of Arts degree |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2157/16 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2157/15 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 12-08-1944 |
End Date | 13-08-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Leconfield |
Day/Night Raid | Night (30% moon) |
Operation | Russelsheim to bomb the Opel motor factory, with normal PFF marking (unlike the concurrent Braunschweig raid). 297 aircraft, 20 losses (6.7%). Only slight damage was inflicted with may of the bombs falling in open countryside. |
Reason for Loss |