Maurice Charles Supple HAYES

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HAYES, Maurice Charles Supple

Service Number:	401090
Enlisted:	6 January 1941
Last Rank:	Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit:	No. 3 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Armidale, New South Wales, Australia, 14 June 1914
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Unknown
Occupation:	Manager
Died:	Flying Battle, Mediterranean Sea off Italy, 15 April 1944, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane No 3 Squadron Roll of Honour, Malta Memorial, Floriana

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 401090
6 Jan 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 401090
6 Jan 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 401090, No. 3 Squadron (RAAF)
15 Apr 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, No. 3 Squadron (RAAF), Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Flight Sergeant Hayes 401090 in Kittyhawk FS482 of 3SQN was killed when his aircraft was hit by AA fire and crashed into the sea offshore from San Benedetto - his body was not recovered and he is commemorated on the Malta Memorial, Panel 16, column 1

He was in a group of twelve aircraft that took off from Cutella airfield to strafe sixty railway trucks reported south of San Benedetto. At the railway yards twenty trucks in a line were strafed by the formation but they experienced medium to intense Breda flak fire, some of which took down FS482

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