Maurice Vaughn Durling
Flight Sergeant · R/195383 · 
Canadian
- Died
- 2 January 1945, aged 22
- Fate
- Killed in action
Biography
Flight Sergeant Maurice Vaughn Durling of the Canadian air forces served as the bomb aimer of Lancaster PB515 with No. 153 Squadron, Royal Air Force. On 3 January 1945 the aircraft did not return from the raid on Nuremberg. He was killed in action, aged 22. He is buried at Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery, United Kingdom.
Last updated 13 June 2026.
Crew & operations
Flew as Bomb aimer with No. 153 Squadron.
- Operation (3 January 1945) — aircraft PB515 P4-N (Avro Lancaster) — Failed to return
Crew: R C Richards (Flight engineer) · Donald Dunk Hoskins (Mid-upper gunner) · Charles Herman Pogson (Navigator) · Daniel Clifford Reid (Pilot) · Arthur Jason Eberle (Rear gunner) · R Taylor (Wireless operator)
Timeline
-
2 January 1945
Died
aged 22 -
3 January 1945
Flew Operation
Bomb aimer, PB515 P4-N — Failed to return
Burial / commemoration
- Cemetery
- Harrogate (stonefall) Cemetery, United Kingdom
Operations on this date. 10 raids in this archive were flown on the night of 2 January 1945: Dortmund–ems Canal · Dortmund · Vohwinkel · Gravenhorst · Hanau · Railway Tunnels · Ludwigshafen · Bremen · Berlin · Nuremberg. (Cross-reference by date — not in itself confirmation this airman flew it.)