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Hisley, M.J., Sgt., 1942
On the Runnymede Memorial is the name of 548910 Sergeant Maurice James Hisley, serving with the Royal Air Force, who died 11/08/1942.

Simon Glancey has submitted the following:

Sgt. Hisley was killed when Handley Page Halifax II W1233 of 78 Sqn was lost on a mission to Mainz. The Halifax crashed into the sea, due to unknown cause, with the loss of all seven crew members.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War: 1942; W.R. Chorley; 1994; Midland Counties Publications; ISBN 0 904597 89 X, page 179

He is remembered in Blyth on B42.23


The CWGC entry for Sergeant Hisley

If you know more about this person, please send the details to janet@newmp.org.uk