Roll of Honour 2023

P AGE 293

A CCIDENTALLY 1946

S T . E DWARD ’ S S CHOOL , O XFORD R OLL OF H ONOUR

Name DAVID WILLIAM MAUDE (Aircraftman 1st Cl)

Arrive SES 1938

Roll Number 3268 Died 19:09:1946

Set / House G

Lef SES 1941

Where AL-KHUMS, EAST TRIPOLI, LIBYA Serving with 40 SQD, R.A.F.V.R.

Age 22

Buried Tripoli War Cemetery, Tripoli. Libya Remembered Tenbury Sy. Michael’s Church WW2 Memorial .Not on any St. Edward’s School Memorial* - NEEDS CORRECTING.

Born 1924 the elder of two SES brothers, sons of a clergyman. He was a House Prefect and in Form Vd when he left. ‘He was by nature rather modest and shy (Chronicle).

Killed when members of the crew of a Lancaster Bomber B Mk VII B7 NX690. Flight from RAF St. Mawgan, Cornwall to Almaza Airfield, Cairo, Egypt. Crashed 5 miles west of Homs (Al-Khums), Murqub, East of Tipoli, Libya. ‘Aircraft caught fire in mid-air and exploded, probably hit by lightning, all on board killed’ (official report). There were twenty-five R.A.F. personal on board at the time, passengers and crew (Henk’s Welting’s Database). David Maude listed as one of the crew.