 His second Military Cross was awarded on 17 December.Moments after his final victory on 19 December, shooting down an Albatros D.V over Bourlon Wood, Maybery's SE5a was either hit by fire from a mobile anti-aircraft battery (credited to "K-Flakbatterie 108" commanded by "Leutnant" Thiel), or shot down by "Vizefeldwebel" Artur Weber of "Jasta 5", and crashed near the village of Haynecourt.His wartime tally consisted of 16 destroyed (two shared), and five driven down 'out of control'.