Born 28 January 1912 in Hartford, Vermont. Maxham flew 63 aerial combat missions. The first 51 were flown from North Africa and Italy, after which he was sent back to the US. He was subsequently sent overseas again to England. He was the tail gunner of the B-24 “King Size, 42-50612, which took off from Hethel Airbase in England on a mission to bomb an industrial zone in Wahlen-Kall, Germany. After successfully dropping their bombs, the King Size was attacked by German fighters and went into a spin and started burning. This caused them to fall behind their formation, and they were attacked again and crashed. Of the crew of nine, only two survived. Maxham bailed out of the plane too late for his parachute to open and he fell to his death. He is now buried in the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Hombourg, Belgium. He also has a cenotaph located in Center Cemetery, Rocky Hill, Hartford County, Connecticut..