The Airmen's Stories - P/O M S H C Buchin

Maurice Simon Henri Charles Buchin, an instructor in the Belgian Air Force, escaped to France in May 1940 and was employed there ferrying aircraft. In mid-June he sailed from Bayonne in a cargo ship for Britain, arriving on the 23rd.

He was commissioned in the RAFVR, converted to Hurricanes and joined 213 Squadron at Exeter on July 23rd. He shot down a Ju88 on August 11th but four days later was reported 'Missing'.

He is remembered on the Runnymede Memorial and has a memorial grave at the Pelouse d'Honneur Cemetery of Brussels at Evere.

Buchin was 34 years old.

Photos and additional research courtesy of Andre Bar at www.bamfbamrs.be/RAF/index.htm