The Airmen's Stories - Sgt. M P Digby-Worsley

Maxwell Paul Digby-Worsley from Hornsey, Middlesex, was born in March 1922 in Devonport, the son of Sidney Frederick Digby-Worsley (1881-1963) and his second wife (married 1921) Helen Grace Wells.

For undocumented reasons he was adopted at some time by his cousin Inez Gwendoline Digby-Worsley (1889-1968).

It is possible that he was related to 2/Lt. Ernest Bruce Digby-Worsley (1899-1980) who enlisted as an Observer in the RFC and was credited with sixteen enemy aircraft shot down, all with a .303 Lewis Gun from the rear cockpit of a Bristol F.2b.

MP Digby-Worsley enlisted in the RAF in June 1939 as an Aircrafthand. He remustered as an Airman u/t WOp/AG and after completing his training joined 248 Squadron in early July 1940.

He was reported 'Missing' on 19th August when Blenheim IV L9457 'S' was shot down by flak and fighters during a reconnaissance of the south Norwegian coast.

Also lost were Sgt. JH Round and Sgt. WH Want.

Digby-Worsley was 18. He is remembered on the Runnymede Memorial, panel 13.

Above image courtesy of Dean Sumner