Durling Maurice Vaughn

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Maurice Vaughn Durling is honored on the following 2 monument(s) in our database:

Canada's Bomber Command Memorial Panels

ISOB Maurice V. Durling

Name:

Maurice Vaughn Durling

Rank:

Flight Sergeant

Serial Number:

R/195383

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Date of Death:

1945-01-02

State:

Massachusetts

Cemetery:

Stonefall Cemetery and Crematorium, Harrogate, Harrogate Borough, North Yorkshire, England

Plot:

Section H

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Comments:

Maurice Vaughn Durling was born on January 5, 1922, in Berwick, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was the son of Lloyd Stanley and Margaret Mae Durling, of Dorchester, Massachusetts.

Maurice served in the 153 (R.A.F.) Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force as a Flight Sergeant during World War II. He was killed on January 2, 1945, with the rest of his 7-man crew when their Lancaster bomber PB515 collided in mid-air with Lancaster NG421 soon after taking off to attack Nuremburg.