Hommages - Hulden

BUCHIN Maurice Simon Henri Charles

Conflit/Conflict: 1940 - 1945
Statut/Statuut: Tombé au champ d'honneur - Gevallen op het veld van eer
Naissance/Geboorte: Saint-Josse-ten-Noode - Sint-Joost-ten-Node, BR, BE 1906-07-02
Décès/Overlijden: 1940-08-15
Grade/Régiment - Graad/Regiment:
Plus d'infos/Meer info: Pilot Officer. Service number 81626. RAFVR 213 Squadron Pilot. Flying a Hurricane I V7227. Maurice BUCHIN was posted to No 213 Squadron on the 25th of July 1940. Maurice BUCHIN and P. J. PHILIPART were on patrol over Portland on the 11th of August 1940 and each of them shot down a Junkers Ju 88. Maurice BUCHIN was the first Belgian to be killed in the Battle of Britain when his Hurricane I (V7227) was shot down over Portland on the 15th of August 1940 at 17:45hrs. Commemorated Runnymede Memorial Panel 7 (Sources [333] et site "The Battle of Britain")
Photo/Foto: http://www.bel-memorial.org/photos_abroad/angleterre/englefield_green/BUCHIN_Maurice_63207.htm
Monument/Gedenkteken: Mémorial de la Bataille d'Angleterre - Slag om Engeland memoriaal, Commune/Gemeente: Capel-le-Ferne

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