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Operation: Sweep
Date: 10th April 1942 (Friday)
Unit: No. 340 Squadron (Free French)
Type: Spitfire Vb
Serial: BL761
Code: ML-U
Base: RAF Redhill
Location: English Channel off Boulogne, France
Pilot: Lt. Maurice Philipe Cesar Choron Croix de Guerre FFAF Age 31. Killed
REASON FOR LOSS:
During a fighter sweep in the Boulogne area the squadron was attacked by Fw 190’s from Jg26. Maurice acting as wingman for his long time friend W/Cdr. Michael Robinson was shot down and understood to have crashed in the English Channel.
Right: Lt. Maurice Philipe Cesar Choron (courtesy Jean Pierre Duriez)
Lt. Choron had been a very experienced pilot with over 700 hrs flying time. He survived two earlier crash landings - during service with 64 Squadron crash landed his aircraft on the 8th March 1941 returning from a patrol, no injuries but the aircraft was seriously damaged and written off. On the 21st October the same year whilst with 609 Squadron he was forced to crash land his combat damaged Spitfire Vb W3236 near Rye in southern England.
Burial details:
None - neither the body of Maurice or Michael have been found.
With thanks to Jean Pierre Duriez for photograph of Maurice - November 2015. Researched and dedicated to the relatives of this pilot with thanks to sources quoted below.
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning we will remember
them. - Laurence
Binyon
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