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Gerald Frederick Maffre

In memory of:

Flight Lieutenant Gerald Frederick Maffre

April 28, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

J/10973

Age:

23

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

434 Sqdn.

Additional Information

Son of Frederick Reginald and Violet Ethel Maffre, of Outremont, Quebec. Brother of Flying Officer Kenneth Reginald Maffre, who died on February 18, 1943, while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.

Commemorated on Page 376 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

MAASTRICHT GENERAL CEMETERY
Netherlands

Grave Reference:

Row 2. Grave 116.

Location:

Maastricht is a large town on the River Maas, close to the Belgian frontier, 40 kilometres north of Liege in Belgium. The MAASTRICHT GENERAL CEMETERY is some 3 kilometres south-west of the town on the west side of the road to Tongres, in Belgium. The war graves are in an extension on the north-east side of the cemetery.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Flight Lieutenant Gerald Frederick Maffre is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flight Lieutenant Gerald Frederick Maffre is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flight Lieutenant Gerald Frederick Maffre is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flight Lieutenant Gerald Frederick Maffre is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Photo of GERALD FREDERICK MAFFRE– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of GERALD FREDERICK MAFFRE – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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    Photo of GERALD FREDERICK MAFFRE – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Correspondence– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Correspondence – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Identification– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Identification
    Identification – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Gerald Frederick Maffre– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of Gerald Frederick Maffre – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Attestation paper– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Attestation paper – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Document– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Document – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Grave marker– 22 April 2018, CEFRG (Canadian Expeditionary Force Research Group) cefrg.ca

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    Grave marker – 22 April 2018, CEFRG (Canadian Expeditionary Force Research Group) cefrg.ca
  • Memorial– Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022

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    Memorial – Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Gerald Maffre– Gerald Maffre featured on far right, his brother Ken was a casualty in WW2 as well.

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    Photo of Gerald Maffre
    Photo of Gerald Maffre – Gerald Maffre featured on far right, his brother Ken was a casualty in WW2 as well.

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