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WORLD WAR 2 AIRMEN WAR MEMORIAL
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World
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| HACKSTON |
Thomas |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 967109, 46 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Hal Far, Malta, in a Hawker Hurricane IIB, serial number Z3055,
when the aircraft crashed into the sea soon after taking off from
Safi, Malta, possibly due to engine failure, 4 July 1941. Aged
23. Native of Glasgow. Son of Thomas and Mary Hackston, of Glasgow.
Panel 1, Column 2. |
| HAGGAS |
Haydn |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 1282139, 185 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Hal Far, Maltam, in a Supermarine Spitfire VC, when his
aircraft was shot down into the sea by a fighter while intercepting
an enemy air raid by Italian AF Z1007bis bombers on Luqa airfield,
Malta, 7 July 1942. Aged 21. Native of Holloway, London. Son of
Harold and Ivy Haggas, of Holloway, London. Panel 3, Column 1. |
| HAGGETT |
Charles
John Broughton |
Lieutenant
(Pilot) 192140V, 450 (R.A.F.) Squadron, South African Air Force.
Country of service South Africa. Killed in action flying out of
Cutella, Italy, in a Curtiss Kittyhawk IV, when he had to bale
out, he was seen in a dinghy but not recovered, 4 March 1944.
Aged 23. Native of Sea Point, Cape Province, South Africa. Son
of Charlie and Nellie Haggett, of Sea Point, Cape Province, South
Africa. Panel 17, Column 1. |
| HAILSTONE |
William
Charles |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) J/10642, 458 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Protville
I, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington XI, serial number MP629, when
the aircraft was shot down between Palau, Sardinia and La Maddalena
Island, Corsica during a sea search over the Straits of Bonifacio,
13 July 1943. Aged 25. Native of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Son of Charles Hailstone, and of Annie Hailstone, of Regina, Saskatchewan,
Canada. Panel 10, Column 1. |
| HAIN |
Thomas
Richard |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 181022, 70 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Tortorella, Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number
LP239, when the aircraft flew into high ground near Manfredonia
north of San Marco in bad weather during a Special Operation supply
dropping operation 2 December 1944. Aged 21. Son of William Heggie
Hain and Alice Maud Hain. Panel 13, Column 1. |
| HAINS |
Charles
George Duval |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 400888, 272 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Ta
Kali, Malta, in a Bristol Beaufighter IC, serial number T4986,
when his aircraft was shot down by return fire 30 miles southeast
of Lampedusa when attacking Ju52/3m transport aircraft resupplying
the Afrika Korps 11 December 1942. Aged 21. Native of Surrey Hills,
Victoria, Australia. Son of George Eugene and Ellen Mabel Hains,
of Surrey Hills, Victoria, Australia. Panel 5, Column 2. |
| HALE |
Maurice
Henry |
Flight
Sergeant 1177716, 179 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Gibraltar in a Vickers Wellington VIII, serial number HX749,
when the aircraft was lost uring an Anti-Submarine Warfare patrol
over the Mediterranean 6 December 1942. Aged 22. Native of Horfield,
Bristol. Son of Albert H. Hale, and of L. A. Hale, of Horfield,
Bristol. Panel 3, Column 1. |
| HALL |
Charles
Roe |
Flying
Officer 120116, 210 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, in a Consolidated Catalina I,
serial number W8416, when the aircraft was lost without trace
during an escort for shipping off the coast of Morocco 11 November
1942. Aged 32. Native of Neville's Cross, Durham. Husband of Eva
Hall, of Neville's Cross, Durham. B.Sc. (Durham). Panel 2, Column
2. |
| HALL |
Ivan
William |
Flying
Officer (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 403575, 296 Squadron, Royal
New Zealand Air Force. Country of service New Zealand. Killed
while flying out of Goubrine II, Tunisia, in a Armstrong Whitworth
Albemarle GTI, serial number P1516, when the aircraft was lost
without trace during a mail run between Gioia delle Colle, Italy
and Goubrine II, Tunisia, an Army Captain was also killed, 2 October
1943. Aged 31. Native of Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand. Son of
Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Hall, of Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand. Panel
12, Column 1. |
| HALL |
Kenneth |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 1502730, 104 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Hani West, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number
HE657, when the aircraft was without trace during a raid on Cape
Palmi, Italy about 20 miles northeast of Messina, Sicily, lost
8 August 1943. Aged 21. Native of Heaton Chapel, Stockport, Cheshire.
Son of George and Agnes Hall, of Heaton Chapel, Stockport, Cheshire.
Panel 8, Column 2. |
| HALL |
Oswald
Henry Mark |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 138120, 14 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Alghero, Sardinia, Italy, in a Martin Marauder I, serial
number FK159, when the aircraft was lost without trace during
a reconnaissance sortie, believed to have been shot down by a
fighter 19 April 1944. Aged 31. Son of Mark and Edna Hall; husband
of Ella Hall, of Waterlooville, Hampshire. Panel 13, Column 1.
See also Portsmouth
Police Memorial, Hampshire |
| HALL |
Thomas
Frederick |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) J/20375, 425 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Zina,
Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington IC, serial number HE977, when
the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on Sciacca on
the western coast of Sicily 26 June 1943. Native of Brantford,
Ontario, Canada. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Hall, of Brantford,
Ontario, Canada. Panel 10, Column 1. |
| HALLIDAY |
Frederick
Ernest |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) J/86189, 72 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Lago,
Italy, in a Supermarine Spitfire IX, serial number MA453 (serial
unconfirmed), when he Baled out over the sea during a convoy patrol
between Naples and Gaeta, Italy and his body was not recovered,
27 January 1944. Aged 21. Son of Fred and Jane Halliday, of Toronto,
Ontario, Canada. Panel 16, Column 1. |
| HALLSWORTH |
John |
Sergeant
1450841, 150 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Kairouan
West, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, when the aircraft was
lost without trace during a raid on Torre Annunziata southeast
of Naples 31 August 1943. Panel 8, Column 2. |
| HALSON |
Leonard
Thomas |
Sergeant
1310823, 104 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action fling out of Hani
West, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington III, serial number HZ192,
when the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on Salerno
23 July 1943. Panel 8, Column 2. |
| HAMBOROUGH |
James
Walford |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 1164555, 15 Operational Training Unit, Royal Air Force
Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in
action flying out of Harwell, Oxon then Luqa, Malta, in a Vickers
Wellington IC, serial number Z8730, when the aircraft crashed
into the sea during a delivery flight from Malta to Egypt on behalf
of the Overseas Aircraft Delivery Unit (O.A.D.U.), 1 July 1941.
Panel 1, Column 2. |
| HAMELIN |
Louis
Laurent |
Warrant
Officer Class II (Pilot) R/106248, 81 Squadron, Royal Canadian
Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying
out of Souk el Khemis, Tunisia, in a Supermarine Spitfire IX,
when the aircraft was shot down by a fighter 5 miles north of
Cap El Karon, Tunisia during a diversionary sweep for a U.S.A.A.F.
B-17 raid on Bizerte 23 March 1943. Aged 21. Native of St Boniface,
Manitoba, Canada. Son of Joseph and Parmelie Hamelin. Panel 10,
Column 2. |
| HAMILL |
Charles
Anthony |
Flight
Sergeant 1568791, 114 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Falconara, Italy, in a Douglas Boston IV, serial number BZ460,
when the aircraft crashed into the sea off Falconara when returning
from a night intruder sortie 21 February 1945. Aged 21. Native
of Alloa, Clackmannanshire. Son of Bernard and Jane Hamill, of
Alloa, Clackmannanshire. Panel 18, Column 2. See also Alloa,
Clackmannanshire |
| HAMILTON |
David
Purvis |
Sergeant
1112238, 221 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Luqa,
Malta, in a Vickers Wellington III, serial number HX600, when
he is assumed to have crashed into the sea about 60 miles east
of Sardinia during a night convoy patrol 7 February 1943. Panel
8, Column 2. |
| HAMILTON |
Douglas
Montgomery |
Warrant
Officer Class I 578404V, 21 Squadron, South African Air Force.
Country of service South Africa. Killed in action flying out of
Iesi, Italy, in a Martin Marauder III, the rest of the crew survived,
25 December 1944. Aged 21. Native of Johannesburg, Transvaal,
South Africa. Son of Archibald M. and Gladys J. Hamilton, of Johannesburg,
Transvaal, South Africa. Panel 17, Column 2. |
| HAMILTON |
Frederic
Campbell |
Lieutenant
(Pilot) 40973, 4 Squadron, South African Air Force. Country of
service South Africa. Killed in action flying out of Trigno, Italy,
in a Supermarine Spitfire VC, when his aircraft crashed 20 miles
north of Adrija due to engine failure, baled out but not recovered
17 April 1944. Aged 27. Native of East London, Cape Province,
South Africa. Son of Frank Hamilton, and of Mary E. Hamilton,
of East London, Cape Province, South Africa. Panel 17. Column
1. |
| HAMILTON |
William
Brown |
Flight
Sergeant (Navigator) 1444393, 70 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Djedeida No 1, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial
number LN301, when the aircraft was lost without trace when returning
from a raid on Ciampino airfield near Rome 22 November 1943. Panel
7, Column 2. |
| HAMPSHIRE |
Arthur |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 126760, 242 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Bone, Algeria, in a Supermarine Spitfire VB, when the aircraft
was shot down into the sea by a fighter when intercepting an enemy
air raid on Bone Harbour, Algeria, 1 January 1943. Aged 22. Native
of Failsworth, Lancashire. Son of Frank and Emily Hampshire, of
Failsworth, Lancashire. Panel 7, Column 1. |
| HAMPTON |
Arthur
Oliver |
Leading
Aircraftman 1466367, 9 Supply And Transport Column, Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed
while flying in a Avro Lancaster I, serial number PD383, when
the aircraft was lost without trace during a trooping flight off
Corsica in bad weather while en route from Italy to United Kingdom
in a 300 Squadron aircraft 5 November 1945. Panel 19, Column 2. |
| HAMPTON |
Frederick
Charles |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 54695, 73 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of
service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Canne,
Italy, in a Supermarine Spitfire VB, serial number ER550, when
his aircraft was shot down by small arms fire near Imotski during
a sweep, baled out but the parachute snagged on the tail and he
Killed in action 14 July 1944. Aged 24. Native of West Chiltington,
Sussex. Son of Frederick Charles and Kate Hampton, of West Chiltington,
Sussex. Panel 13, Column 2. See also West
Chiltington, Sussex
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1945:
HAMPTON
Frederick Charles of North View West Chilton Common Pulborough
Sussex Killed in action 14 July 1944 on war
service Administration Lewes 24 September to
Frederick Charles Hampton chauffeur. Effects £397 10s.
1d. |
| HANLEY |
Reginald
Kerin |
Sergeant
1059834, 1 Overseas Aircraft Delivery Unit (O.A.D.U.) attached
from 15 Operational Training Unit (O.T.U.), Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Harwell, Oxon, in a Vickers Wellington II, serial number
Z8589, when the aircraft was dicted off Filiscudi Island, Sicily
after being damaged by a Ju88 and running out of fuel on a ferry
flight, the rest of the crew were captured, 21 May 1942. Aged
20. Native of Wath-on-Dearne, Yorkshire. Son of Kathleen Mary
Hanley, of Wath-on-Dearne, Yorkshire. Panel 4, Column 1. |
| HANNAFORD |
Louis
Reginald |
Sergeant
1500952, 95 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Bathurst/Half
Die, Gambia, in a Short Sunderland II, serial number W6063, when
the aircraft crashed into the sea about 400 miles southwest of
Freetown, Sierra Leone, three of the crew survived, 31 March 1943.
Aged 20. Native of Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. Son of Louis and
Grace Hannaford, of Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. Panel 8, Column
2. |
| HANSON |
Brian
Paul |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 758061, 69 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Luqa, Malta, in a Martin Maryland I, serial number AR726,
when the aircraft was shot down, possibly by Italian AF MC200s,
during an attack on a convoy southeast of Malta 26 June 1941.
Aged 21. Native of Finchley, Middlesex. Son of Mr. and Mrs. A.
Hanson, of Finchley, Middlesex. Panel 1, Column 2. |
| HARDY |
Cecil
Charles |
Flight
Sergeant (Wireless Operator) 1211628, 178 Squadron, Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed
in action flying out of Celone, Italy, in a Consolidated Liberator
BVI. serial number EV812, when the aircraft crashed into the sea
just off the Italian coast during a raid on Plovdiv, Bulgaria,
believed to have been returning with a technical problem, 19 March
1944. Aged 22. Native of Forest Gate, Essex. Son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Samuel Hardy; husband of Rhoda Ellen Hardy, of Forest
Gate, Essex. Panel 14, Column 1. |
| HARDY |
John
Oliver Stormont |
Flight
Lieutenant (Pilot) 108996, 241 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Canne, Italy, in a Supermarine Spitfire, serial number
either JF558, MA767 or MA800, when hios aircraft was lost when
it crashed into the sea when returning from a shipping/weather
reconnaissance 21 March 1944. Panel 13. Column 1. |
| HARE |
Leonard |
Sergeant
1045458, 204 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Bathurst,
Gambia, in a Short Sunderland III, serial number DV974, when the
aircraft flew into the water when attempting to overshoot, from
a night landing at Bathurst, and somersaulted, seven of the crew
survived, 1 October 1943. Aged 22. Native of West Cornforth, Durham.
Son of John George and Lilian Hare, of West Cornforth, Co. Durham.
Panel 8, Column 2. |
| HARGRAVE |
Robert
Albert |
Lieutenant
(Pilot) 206626V, 60 Squadron, South African Air Force. Country
of service South Africa. Killed in action flying out of San Severo,
Italy, in a de Havilland Mosquito, when his aircraft was lost
without trace during a ferry flight from Blida, Algeria, 3 September
1944. Aged 24. Son of Albert and Mabel Hargrave, of Sea Point,
Cape Province, South Africa. Panel 17, Column 1. |
| HARGREAVES |
Derrik |
Flying
Officer 174116, 55 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Marcianese, Italy, in a Beechcraft Expeditor II, serial number
HB271, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a transit
flight from Rome to Brindisi in bad weather, probably due to
icing; two United Kingdom Members of Parliament also died, 23
January 1945. Aged 23. Native of Southbourne, Bournemouth, Hampshire.
Son of Horace B. and Lilian Hargreaves, of Southbourne, Bournemouth,
Hampshire. Panel 18, Column 1.
Extract
from Halifax Evening Courier - Saturday 3 November
1945, page 4:
ROLL
OF HONOUR
 Mr.
and Mrs. H. B. Hargreaves, 42. Moorfleld-street, Savile Park,
Halifax, have been informed by the Air Ministry that their son,
Flying Officer Derek Hargreaves (23), R.A.F., who the pilot
of a transport aircraft lost over the sea on a flight from Rome
to Brindisi while carrying two Members of Parliament (Capt.
R. H. Bernays and Mr. J. D. Campbell), must now be presumed
to have lost his life. His death, for official purposes, is
presumed to have occurred on January 23, 1945. F/O Hargreaves
was before the war employed in the office of Halifax Insurance
Committee. He joined the R.A.F. in July, 1941, and trained in
South Africa., before going to Egypt and Italy. For a time,
he played Rugby with the Ovenden Park XV. |
| HARGREAVES |
Roy
Ingle |
Flying
Officer 122722, 295 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action by friendly
fire flying out of Goubrine II, Tunisia, in a Handley Page Halifax
V, serial number EB145, when his aircraft was lost without trace
during Operation Husky, believed to have been shot down by Allied
anti-aircraft fire, 14 July 1943. Aged 23. Native of Wergs, Staffordshire.
Son of George Ingle Hargreaves and Mary Ann Hargreaves; husband
of Olive Marion Hargreaves, of Wergs, Staffordshire. Panel 6,
Column 2. |
| HARLEY |
Frederick
Albert |
Corporal
565253, 815 Squadron (serving in H.M.S. Illustrious), Royal Air
Force. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action at
sea when the aircraft carrier H.M.S. Illustrious was damaged during
an enemy air raid when escorting a convoy east of Sicily 10 January
1941. Aged 26. Native of Furnace, Llanelly, Carmarthenshire. Son
of Leonard and Gwendoline Harley; husband of Eirlys Harley, of
Furnace, Llanelly, Carmarthenshire. Panel 2, Column 2. |
| HARMAN |
Ronald
James |
Flight
Sergeant 1312048, 13 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Died based at Regina, Italy,
4 May 1944. Panel 14, Column 1. |
| HARPER |
Gerald |
Flight
Sergeant 995331, 104 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Hani West, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington III, serial number
HZ192, whent he aircraft was lost without trace during a raid
on Salerno 23 July 1943. Aged 27. Native of Hull, Yorkshire. Son
of R.G. and Annie Harper, of Hull. Panel 7, Column 2. |
| HARRIS |
Allen
Dawe |
Flight
Sergeant 407119, 69 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. Country
of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Luqa, Malta,
in a Martin Baltimore I, serial number AG715, when his aircraft
was lost without trace during a patrol over the Ionean Sea searching
for the Italian fleet, probably shot down by a Ju88 night fighter,
15 June 1942. Aged 28. Native of North Walkerville, South Australia.
Son of Alfred Harris, and of Edna Jean Harris, of North Walkerville,
South Australia. Panel 5, Column 2. |
| HARRIS |
Donald
Reuben |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 976863, 105 Squadron, Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed
in action flying out of Luqa, Malta, in Britsol Belheim IV, serial
number Z7504, when the aircraft was shot down by flak from escorting
enemy destroyers during an attack on a convoy about 40 miles northwest
of Tripoli, Libya, 12 September 1941. Aged 21. Native of Swindon,
Wiltshire. Son of Henry James Harris, and of Alice Harris, of
Swindon, Wiltshire. Panel 1, Column 2. |
| HARRIS |
John |
Flying
Officer 175522, 37 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Tortorella, Italy, in a Consolidated Liberator BVI, serial
number KL361, when the aircraft was lost during a raid on marshalling
yards at Novska about 50 miles southeast of Zagreb, Yugoslavia,
3 April 1945. Aged 20. Native of of Sneyd Green, Stoke-on-Trent,
Staffordshire. Son of Francis John and Sarah Jane Harris, of Sneyd
Green, Stoke-on-Trent. Panel 18, Column 1. |
| HARRIS |
John
Wilfrid |
Flying
Officer 83095, Ex-256 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action at sea aboard
the aircraft carrier H.M.S. Illustrious which was damaged during
an enemy air raid when escorting a convoy east of Sicily 10 January
1941. Aged 38. Native of Nairobi, Kenya. Son of R. E. and Mary
Harris; husband of Anne Page Harris, of Nairobi, Kenya. Panel
1, Column 1. |
| HARRIS |
Reginald
Henry William |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 139517, 1676 (Target Towing) Flight, Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Based
t North Front, Gibraltar, killed while flying a Supermarine Spitfire
VC, serial number JK515, when the aircraft ditched about 130 miles
east of Gibraltar due to engine failure 23 August 1943. Panel
6, Column 2. |
| HARRISON |
Frank |
Sergeant
(Navigator) 1584164, 142 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Regina, Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial nmber MF249,
when the aircraft was shot down by flak at Libiola 9 miles east
of Mantova in the Po Valley during a raid on railway yards at
Brescia, Italy, 17 September 1944. Panel 15, Column 1. |
| HARRISON |
Howard
Leonard |
Lieutenant
(Pilot) 31256V, 16 Squadron, South African Air Force. Country
of service South Africa. Killed in action flying out of Biferno,
Italy, in a Beaufighter TFX, serial number NT906, when his aircraft
was shot down by flak when attacking a convoy in the Oreos Channel
12 October 1944. Panel 17, Column 1. |
| HARRISON |
James
Martin |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 1025099, 1435 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Luqa, Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire VB, serial number
EN980. when it is assumed that his aircraft was shot down by return
fire when intercepting a flight of 6 Junkers Ju52/3m transports
off Malta 18 December 1942. Aged 22. Native of Deal, Kent. Son
of Frederick and Alice Harrison, of Deal, Kent. Panel 3, Column
2. |
| HARRISON |
John
Nowell |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 903297, 82 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Luqa, Malta, in a Bristol Blenheim IV, serial number T1888,
when the aircraft ditched off Malta due to flak damage when returning
to Luqa following an anti-shipping sweep 19 June 1941. Native
of Countess Wear, Exeter. Son of William and Maud Beatrice Harrison,
of Countess Wear, Exeter. Panel 1, Column 2. |
| HARRISON |
Stewart |
Flight
Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) R/4196, 420 Squadron,
Royal Canadian Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in
action flying out of Zina, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X,
serial number HF461, when the aircraft was lost during a raid
on San Giovanni, Italy, 24 July 1943. Aged 23. Native of Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada. Son of the Revd. T. Harrison, M.A.,
LL.B., Litt. D., and of Doris M. Harrison, of Vancouver, British
Columbia, Canada. Panel 11, Column 2. |
| HART |
Gilbert
Leslie |
Flight
Sergeant 1188562, 221 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Luqa, Malta, in a Vickers Wellington XIII, serial numbr HZ963,
when the aircraft was lost without trace when returning from an
Anti-Submarine Warfare patrol for convoy 'Sateen' eastbound from
Malta 8 November 1943. Aged 23. Native of Handsworth, Birmingham.
Son of John Stephen and Martha Hart; husband of Brenda Josephine
Hart, of Handsworth, Birmingham. Panel 7. Column 2. |
| HART |
Stanley
Henry Noel |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 1389102, 40 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Hani West, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number
HE707, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid
on Catania airfield, Sicily, 8 July 1943. Aged 21. Native of Eden
Bridge, Kent. Son of Walter Henry and Annie Maud Hart, of Eden
Bridge, Kent. Panel 8, Column 2. |
| HART |
Wilbert |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 1075134, 1435 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Luqa, Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire VC, serial number AR556,
when his aircraft was hit by flak when attacking a train in Sicily
and ditched 6 miles south of Cape Passero 18 March 1943. Aged
32. Native of Bolton, Lancashire. Son of Wilbert and Annie Hart,
of Bolton, Lancashire. Panel 8, Column 2. |
| HARTLEY |
Paul
Hey |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 1016744, 104 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Hani West, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington III, serial
number HZ192, when the aircraft was lost without trace during
a raid on Salerno 23 July 1943. Aged 25. Native of Prestwich,
Lancashire. Son of William and Laura Hartley, of Prestwich, Lancashire.
Panel 7, Column 2. |
| HARTNEY |
Daniel
James |
Warrant
Officer Class I (Pilot) R/70719, Royal Canadian Air Force. Country
of service Canada. Died of natural causes at sea, based in Malta,
at 0530hrs of Acut Anterior Poliomyelitis on 3 January 1943. Aged
24. Born 17 December 1919. Native of Drinkwater, Saskatchewan,
Canada. Son of John Joseph and Bridget Hartney, of Drinkwater,
Saskatchewan, Canada. Enlisted 13 September 1940 for duration
of the war, aged 20, as a Wireless Operator/Air Gunner. Roman
Catholic. Farmer prior to enlistment. Height 5 feet 6 inches,
chest 32½ inches, black hair, brown eyes, medium complexion.
Panel 10, Column 2. Canadian
Archives Reference |
| HARVEY |
Allister
McNaughton C N |
Warrant
Officer Class II (Air Sergeant) 1376V, 24 Squadron, South African
Air Force. Country of service South Africa. Killed in action flying
out of Cuticchi, Sicily, in a Douglas Boston III, serial number
AL731, when his aircraft was ditched 15 miles off Augusta, Sicily
when running out of fuel after becoming lost, the pilot survived,
21 September 1943. Native of Pinetown, Natal, South Africa. Panel
12, Column 2. |
| HARVEY |
Bernard
Talbot |
Flight
Sergeant (Navigator) 1378112, 614 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Bo Rizzo, Sicily, Italy, in a Bristol Belnheim V, serial
number BB102. when his aircraft flew into the sea in the Westerm
Mediterranean during an Air Sea Rescue search sortie, the pilot
survived and was rescued, 13 September 1943. Aged 34. Son of James
William and Lillian Harvey; husband of Marjorie Elsie Harvey,
of Herne Bay, Kent. Panel 7, Column 2. |
| HARVEY |
Frank
Cecil |
Flight
Sergeant (Air Gunner) 1381848, 178 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Celone, Italy, in a Consolidated Liberator BVI, serial
number EV812, when his aircrfat crashed into the sea just off
the Italian coast during a raid on Plovdiv, Bulgaria, believed
to have been returning with a technical problem 19 March 1944.
Aged 32. Native of Greenwich, London. Son of William and Anne
Harvey; husband of Eileen Winifred Harvey, of Greenwich, London.
Panel 14, Column 1. |
| HARVEY |
George
Edward |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 144013, 179 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Gibraltar in a Vickers Wellington VIII, serial number HX690,
when the aircraft was lost during an Anti-Submarine Warfare patrol
over the Western Mediterranean, possibly shot down by return fire
from an Italian submarine, 21 January 1943. Aged 32. Native of
Wandsworth Common, London. Son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Harvey; husband
of Nellie Margaret Harvey, of Wandsworth Common, London. Panel
7, Column 1. |
| HARVEY |
John |
Sergeant
1182663, 1444 (Ferry Training) Flight, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Lyneham, Wiltshire, in a Lockheed Hudson IIIA, serial number
FH319, when the aircraft crashed into the sea soon after take
off from Gibralter en route to Bathurst, Gambia, during a ferry
flight from the United Kingdom to the Far East 10 July 1942. Panel
4, Column 1. |
| HARVEY |
Raymond |
Flight
Sergeant 937456, 69 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Luqa, Malta, in a Martin Baltimore I, serial number AG697,
when his aicraft was lost without trace during an ASR search for
a missing Beaufort 25 August 1942. Aged 22. Native of High Heaton,
Newcastle-on-Tyne. Son of Peter Ritchie Harvey, and of Norma Harvey,
of High Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Panel 3, Column 2. |
| HASTINGS |
James
Russell |
Captain
(Pilot) 102438, 47 (R.A.F.) Squadron, South African Air Force.
Country of service South Africa. Formerly Flight Lieutenant, Royal
Air Force. Killed in action flying out of Protville II, Tunisia,
in a Bristol Beaufighter, when his aircraft was shot down between
Bastia and Leghorn during an attack on a convoy during an Armed
Rover 2 September 1943. Aged 35. Native of Regina, Saskatchewan,
Canada. Son of Hugh A. and Eleanora Hastings, of Regina, Saskatchewan,
Canada. Panel 12, Column 1. |
| HATSWELL |
Robert
Sydney Douglas |
Flight
Sergeant 641625, 95 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service
United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Bathurst/Half Die,
Gambia, in a Short Sunderland III, serial number DV973, when the
aircraft crashed when landing at Bathurst, Gambia, most of the
crew survived, 13 April 1944. Aged 23. Native of Kingston-on-Thames,
Surrey. Son of Harry Douglas Hatswell and Helen Hatswell, of Kingston-on-Thames,
Surrey. Panel 14, Column 1. |
| HAWCROFT |
Derek |
Sergeant
1214522, 69 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Luqa,
Malta, in a Martin Baltimore IIIA, serial number FA189, when the
aircraft was lost without trace during an Anti-Submarine Warfare
patrol 21 July 1943. Aged 21. Native of Unstone, Derbyshire. Son
of Henry B. and Elsie Hawcroft, of Unstone, Derbyshire. Panel
8, Column 2. See also Dronfield,
Derbyshire |
| HAWKES |
Albert
Lawrence |
Lieutenant
(Pilot) 206360V, 19 Squadron, South African Air Force. Country
of service South Africa. Killed in action flying out of Biferno,
Italy, in a Bristol Beaufighter TFX, serial number NV236, when
his aircraft was ditched off Biferno due to an engine failure
on take off, the navigator survived, 26 December 1944. Aged 22.
Native of Idutywa, Transkei, South Africa. Son of Edward E. and
Aletta C. Hawkes, of Idutywa, Transkei, South Africa. Panel 17,
Column 1. |
| HAWKYARD |
James |
Flight
Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1141090, 40 Squadron,
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom.
Killed in action flying out of Hani West, Tunisia, in a Vickers
Wellington X, serial number HF534, when the aircraft was shot
down near the target during a raid on Cerveteri airfield 17 September
1943. Aged 23. Native of Newcastle-on-Tyne. Husband of Eliza Hawkyard,
of Newcastle-on-Tyne. Panel 7, Column 2. |
| HAXTON |
Robert
Gow Lauder |
Flight
Sergeant 1568785, 500 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Died based at Cesenatico, Italy,
1 April 1945. Panel 18, Column 2. |
| HAYES |
Brian |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 912501, 185 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Hal Far, Malta, in a Hawker Hurricane IIA, serial number
Z2823, when the aircraft was shot down by a Bf109 about 5 miles
north of Malta while intercepting an enemy air raid 21 December
1941. Aged 20. Native of Chingford, Essex. Son of William and
Ada Maud Hayes, of Chingford, Essex. Panel 1, Column 2. |
| HAYES |
Maurice
Charles Supple |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 401090, 3 Squadron (R.A.A.F.), Royal Australian
Air Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying
out of Cutella, Italy, in a Curtiss Kittyhawk II, serial number
FS482, when his aircraft was shot down by flak 1 mile offshore
during a strafing attack on railway trucks at San Benedetto 15
April 1944. Aged 27. Native of Mosman, New South Wales, Australia.
Son of Henry and Rita Hayes; husband of Sheelagh Maria Hayes,
of Mosman, New South Wales, Australia. Panel 16, Column 1. |
| HAYES-JONES |
Brian |
Sergeant
536313, 5136 Bomb Disposal Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country
of service United Kingdom. Died based in Malta 5 April 1944. Aged
27. Native of Grouville, Jersey, Channel Islands. Son of Frederick
and Dorothy Hayes-Jones; husband of Ethel Margaret Hayes-Jones,
of Grouville, Jersey, Channel Islands. Panel 15, Column 1. |
| HAYMAN |
William
Peter |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 1584209, 185 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed while flying out of
Pontedera, Italy, flying in a Supermarine Spitfire, when his aircraft
was lost without trace during an air test 4 April 1945. Aged 22.
Native of Tenby, Pembrokeshire. Son of Frank J. and Elsie G. Hayman,
of Tenby, Pembrokeshire. Panel 18, Column 2. |
| HAZELDINE |
Leslie
Youle |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 401507, 458 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Protville
I, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington XI, serial number MP631. when
the aircraft was lost without trace after spotting an enemy ship
during an armed reconnaissance to the northeast coast of Sardinia 15 July
1943. Aged 25. Native of Essendon, Victoria, Australia. Son of
Herbert and Muriel Hemsley Hazeldine, of Essendon, Victoria, Australia.
Panel 11, Column 1. |
| HEALD |
James
William |
Sergeant
1113081, 179 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Gibraltar
in a Vickers Wellington VII, serial number LA971, when the aircraft
crashed into the sea shortly after taking off from Gibraltar 12
July 1943. Aged 22. Native of Stump Cross, Halifax, Yorkshire.
Son of Albert and Hilda Heald, of Stump Cross, Halifax. Panel
8, Column 2. |
| HEALY |
Walter
Brendan |
Sergeant
(Observer) 978873, 105 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Luqa, Malta, in a Bristol Blenheim IV, serial number Z7682,
when the aircraft sturck the mast of a ship that was being attacked
northeast of Kerkennah Island off Sfax, Tunisia and crashed into
the sea 26 August 1941. Aged 23. Native of Droylsden, Lancashire.
Son of John and Elizabeth Healy, of Droylsden, Manchester. Panel
1, Column 2. |
| HEARN |
William
Frederick |
Sergeant
(Air Gunner) 1679903, 614 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Celone, Italy, in a Handley Page Halifax II, when the aircraft
was lost during a raid on marshalling yards at Sofia, Bulgaria,
16 March 1944. Panel 15, Column 1. |
| HEARNDON |
Arthur
William |
Warrant
Officer (Pilot) 1318425, 213 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in actionflying
out of Biferno, Italy, in a North American Mustang IIIB, serial
number FB312, when the aircraft was lost without trace after flying
into cloud when returning from an armed reconnaissance to the
Novska-Brod area of Yugoslavia 26 January 1945. Aged 23. Native
of Broughty Ferry, Angus. Husband of Catherine Hearndon, of Broughty
Ferry, Angus. Panel 18, Column 1. |
| HEATH |
Douglas
James |
Flight
Sergeant (Air Gunner) R/199461, 614 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air
Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out
of Amendola, Italy, in a Handley Page Halifax II, serial number
JP228, when his aircraft was shot down over the target during
a raid on Wldony, Hungary, 21 August 1944. Aged 20. Native of
Portland, Ontario, Canada. Panel 16, Column 2. |
| HEBDIGE |
Jack
Albert |
Warrant
Officer (Pilot) 1324884, 257 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Foggia, Italy, in a de Havilland Mosquito NFXIII, serial
number MM584, when the aircraft was lost without trace during
an interception sortie near Ancona, Italy, 22 January 1945. Native
of Charmouth, Dorset. Panel 18, Column 1. |
| HECTOR |
Charles
William |
Sergeant
(Observer) 917130, 235 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Idku, Egypt, in a Bristol Beaufighter VIC, serial number X8078,
when his aircraft was shot down by an Italian AF Re2001 fighter
while escorting Albacores on an anti-shipping strike, the pilot
survived, 15 June 1942. Aged 26. Native of Burrowbridge, Somerset.
Son of Frederick E. and Maud E. Hector, of Burrowbridge, Somerset.
Panel 4, Column 1. See also Stoke
St Gregory, Somerset |
| HEDGE |
Raymond
John |
Warrant
Officer 518431, 256 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service
United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Forli, Italy,
in ade Havilland Mosquito NFXIII, serial number HK187, when
the aircraft was lost during a bomber support sortie 8 April
1945. Husband of Joan M Hedge, married January to March Quarter
1944 in Liverpool South Registration District, Lancashire. Panel
18, Column 1.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1946:
HEDGE
Raymond John of 24 Springwood-avenue Liverpool 19
died on or since 8 April 1945 on war service Administration
Liverpool 29 August to Joan Hedge widow.
Effects £644. 13s. 5d.
|
| HEEL |
Walter
Raymond |
Flight
Sergeant 942316, 178 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Celone, Italy, in a Consolidated Liberator BVI, serial number
EW139, when the aircraft crashed when taking off at Celone 21
June 1944. Aged 27. Native of Northampton. Son of Frederick Heel,
and of Emma Heel, of Northampton; husband of P. Heel, of Weston
Favell, Northamptonshire; edler brother of Rowland Heel, Warrant
Officer 954030, 463 (R.A.A.F.) Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve, who also died in the war war 21 February 1945, aged 25.
Panel 14, Column 1. |
| HEGARTY |
John
Denis |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 141890, 242 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Poretta, Corsica, France, in a Supermarine Spitfire IX,
serial number MH836, when his aircraft crashed near Lake Bracciano
due to engine failure, he baled out but died, 3 June 1944. Aged
22. Native of Harrow, Middlesex. Son of John and Louisa Hegarty,
of Harrow, Middlesex. Panel 13, Column 1. |
| HELE |
Carroll
Telfer |
Flight
Sergeant (Air Bomber) R/115171, 425 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air
Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out
of Zina, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number HE977,
when the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on Sciacca
on the western coast of Sicily 26 June 1943. Native of Toronto,
Ontario, Canada. Son of Carroll C. and Edna C. Hele, of Toronto,
Ontario, Canada. Panel 11, Column 2. |
| HELE |
Charles
Joseph Beaconsfield |
Sergeant
657312, 221 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Luqa,
Malta, in a Vickers Wellington VIII, when the ircraft was lost
without trace during a raid on a target in Sicily 4 April 1943.
Aged 25. Native of Slough, Buckinghamshire. Son of Edward G. Hele,
and of Fanny E. M. Hele, of Slough, Buckinghamshire. Panel 8,
Column 2,. |
| HELME |
Laurence |
Flight
Sergeant (Observer) 1101197, 39 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Luqa, Malta, in a Bristol Beaufort IIA, serial number DD875,
when the aircraft was lost without trace during a mine laying
sortie to Bizerte Harbour, Tunisia, 30 November 1942. Panel 3,
Column 2. |
| HEMINGWAY |
Cyril |
Sergeant
(Air Bomber) 1586108, 37 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Tortorella, Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number
ME989, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid
on marshalling yards at Ferrara northeast of Bologna, Italy, 3
September 1944. Aged 30. Native of Isleworth, Middlesex. Son of
John Henry and Florence Hemingway, of Isleworth, Middlesex. Panel
15, Column 1. |
| HENDERSON |
Denison
Charles |
Flight
Sergeant (Navigator) 405374, 511 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air
Force. Country of service New Zealand. Killed while flying out
of Lyneham, Wiltshire, in an Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle GTI,
serial number P1451, when the aircraft crashed into the sea due
to an engine failure soon after taking off from Gibraltar on a
night transit flight to the United Kingdom 21 November 1942. Aged
25. Native of Rangiora, Canterbury, New Zealand. Son of Thomas
Denison Henderson, and of Nellie Henderson (nee Harvey), of Rangiora,
Canterbury, New Zealand. Panel 5, Column 1. |
| HENDERSON |
James
Irwin |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) R/69040, 40 Squadron, Royal Canadian
Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying
out of Luqa, Malta, in a Vickers Wellington IC, serial number
X9765, when he drowned when a dinghy overturned after ditching
due to an engine failure during a raid on Naples, three of the
crew survived, 12 November 1941. Aged 33. Native of Toronto, Ontario,
Canada. Son of Robert and Margaret Henderson, of Toronto, Ontario,
Canada. Panel 2, Column 2. |
| HENDERSON |
James
Morphett |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 406560, 95 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Jui,
Sierra Leone, in a Short Sunderland I, serial number L5805, when
the aircraft was lost without trace off Freetown, Sierra Leone
during a night escort sortie for convoy WS19Q 11 June 1942. Aged
27. Native of Serpentine, Western Australia. Son of Leo Morphett
Henderson and Dorothea Henderson, of Serpentine, Western Australia.
Panel 5, Column 1. |
| HENDERSON |
John
Robert Dunlop |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 400727, 73 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Gabes,
Tunisia, in a Hawker Hurricane IIC, serial number HL850, when
the aircraft crashed into the sea off Al Mahares, Tunisia during
a night intruder patrol over Sfax 11 April 1943. Aged 27. Native
of Malvern, Victoria, Australia. Son of Captain J. R. Henderson
and Mary Henderson; husband of Irene Henderson, of Malvern, Victoria,
Australia. Panel 11, Column 1. |
| HENDERSON |
Robert |
Sergeant
1379032, 221 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action based at Luqa, Malta,
15 April 1943. Aged 32. Native of Coxlodge, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Son of Joseph and Mary Elizabeth Henderson, of Coxlodge, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Panel 8, Column 2. |
| HENDERSON |
Robert
Welch |
Flight
Lieutenant (Pilot) 128431, 241 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Bellaria, Italy, in a Supermarine Spitfire LFIX, serial
number PT662, when the aircraft crashed into the sea off Cesenatico
when returning from an armed reconnaissance 29 January 1945. Aged
23. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (D.F.C.). Native of
of Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire. Son of Thomas Beveridge Henderson
and Ethel May Henderson, of Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire. Panel
18, Column 1. |
| HENRY |
John
Edward |
Lieutenant
(Pilot) 206106V, 19 Squadron, South African Air Force. Country
of service South Africa. Killed in action flying out of Biferno,
Italy, in a Beaufighter TFX, serial number NV491, when his aircraft
was hit by flak and ditched about 50 miles south of Genoa, Italy
during an attack on ships in the Biokovski Canal 31 October 1944.
Aged 21. Native of Claremont, Cape Province, South Africa. Son
of Robert D. and Sarah H. Henry, of Claremont, Cape Province,
South Africa. Panel 17, Column 1. |
| HENRY |
Alan
Ross |
Lieutenant
(Navigator) 328549V, 16 Squadron, South African Air Force. Country
of service South Africa. Killed in action flying out of Biferno,
Italy, in a Beaufighter TFX, serial number NT906, when his aircraft
was shot down by flak attacking a convoy in the Oreos Channel
12 October 1944. Aged 22. Native of Port Elizabeth, Cape Province,
South Africa. Son of Dr. A. R. Henry and Margaret E. Henry, of
Walmer, Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa. Panel 17,
Column 1. |
| HEPPLE |
Ralph |
Flight
Sergeant 551374, 200 Group, Royal Air Force. Country of service
United Kingdom. Killed while in transit in a Vickers Wellington
IC, serial number W5687, when the aircraft ditched soon after
taking off from Gibraltar due to an engine failure on a delivery
flight to Malta, three of the crew survived, 7 May 1941. Aged
20. Native of Chester-le-Street, Co. Durham. Son of Joseph and
Ethel Hepple, of Chester-le-Street, Co. Durham. Panel 1, Column
2. |
| HEPWORTH |
Harold |
Flight
Sergeant 1438340, 114 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Marcianese, Italy, in a Douglas Boston IIIA, serial number
BZ355, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a night
intruder sortie 7 June 1944. Panel 14, Column 1. |
| HERBERTE |
John
Henry Draper |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 402820, 145 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Bu
Grara, Tunisia, in a Supermarine Spitfire VB, serial number ER876,
when the aircraft was shot down by a Bf109 south of El Hamma,
Tunisia during a patrol west of the Mareth Line 26 March 1943.
Aged 21. Native of Taree, New South Wales, Australia. Son of Alexander
Henry Draper Herberte and Estelle Mary Herberte, of Taree, New
South Wales, Australia. Panel 11, Column 2. |
| HERMAN |
Ronald
McGregor |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 407030, 37 Squadron, Royal Australian
Air Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying
out of Shallufa, Egypt, in a Vickers Wellington IC, serial number
Z9038, when his aircraft was struck by Wellington DV483 of 37
Squadron when taxying on the runway about to take off at Luqa,
four of the crew survived, 9 March 1942. Aged 22. Son of Thomas
Ernest and Jessie Perry Herman, of Woodville, South Australia;
brother of James Alexander Herman, Sergeant 407713, Royal Australian
Air Force, who also died during the war 24 May 1942, aged 28.
Panel 5, Column 2. |
| HERMON |
Kenneth
William |
Leading
Aircraftman 1435783, 241 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action based at Treviso,
Italy, 24 May 1945. Aged 22. Native of Heath End, Farnham, Surrey.
Son of Alfred George and Evelyn May Hermon, of Heath End, Farnham,
Surrey. Panel 19, Column 2. |
| HERRON |
Thomas
Alfred |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) J/20126, 272 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed while flying out of Gardabia,
Libya, in a Bristol beaufighter VIC, serial number EL472, when
the aircraft crashed into the sea off Filfla, Malta during a practice
bombing exercise 6 June 1943. Aged 19. Native of Calgary, Alberta,
Canada. Son of Thomas Edward and Edith Beatrice Herron, of Calgary,
Alberta, Canada. Panel 10, Column 1. |
| HESKETH |
Harry
Walker |
Sergeant
1580730, 40 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Foggia
Main, Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number MF458, when
his aircraft was shot down by flak during a minelaying sortie
to the Danube, exploded during an attempted ditching, 5 October
1944. Panel 15, Column 1. |
| HESLOP |
Ronald |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 1383938, 23 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Luqa, Malta, in a de Havilland Mosquito II, serial number DZ233,
when his aircraft was lost without trace during a night fighter
sortie over western Sicily 3 April 1943. Panel 8, Column 2. |
| HEWETSON |
James
Cecil William |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 80457, 39 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Luqa, Malta, in a Bristol Beaufort IIA, serial number DD910,
when the aircraft flew into the sea during a night torpedo attack
on a convoy near Marettimo island, Sicily, three of the crew survived
and were captured, 25 February 1943. Aged 21. Native of Salisbury,
Southern Rhodesia. Son of Mrs. M. L. Hewetson, of Salisbury, Southern
Rhodesia. Panel 7, Column 1. |
| HEWITT |
Arthur
Leslie |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 964626, 39 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Alghero, Sardinia, Italy, in a Bristol Beaufighter TFX,
serial number Ne371, when the aircraft crashed into the sea during
an attack on a merchant ship near Cape l'Espigette in the Gulf
of Lyons 19 April 1944. Native of Ferryhill, Durham. Son of Arthur
and Minnie Hewitt, of Ferryhill, Co. Durham. Panel 14, Column
1. |
| HEWITT |
Jeffrey
Langdil |
Corporal
1047374, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service
United Kingdom. Died 2 May 1945. Aged 23. Native of Hanley, Stoke-upon-Trent,
Staffordshire. Son of Edward and Louisa G. Hewitt, of Hanley,
Stoke-on-Trent. Panel 19, Column 1. |
| HEWITT |
Robert |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1346722, 37 Squadron, Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed
in action flying out of Tortorella, Italy, in a Vickers Wellington
X, serial number ME989, when the aircraft was lost without trace
during a raid on marshalling yards at Ferrara northeast of Bologna,
Italy, 3 September 1944. Aged 23. Native of Ryhope, Durham. Son
of Ralph and Emma Hewitt; stepson of Isabella Hewitt, of Ryhope,
Co. Durham. Panel 15, Column 1. |
| HEWLETT |
Ernest
George |
Corporal
1644684, 2 R.A.F.G.H., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country.
of service United Kingdom. Killed while flying in a Avro Lancaster
I, serial number PD383,m when the aircraft was lost without trace
during a trooping flight off Corsica in bad weather while en route
from Italy to United Kingdom in a 300 Squadron aircraft 5 November
1945. Aged 41. Mentioned in Despatches. Native of Brighton, Sussex.
Son of Ernest G. and Rosamond L. E. Hewlett; husband of E. D.
Hewlett, of Brighton, Sussex. Panel 19, Column 1. |
| HEWSON |
Kenneth
Thomas |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1006354, 107 Squadron, Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed
in action flying out of Luqa, Malta, in a Bristol Blenheim IV,
serial number Z7848, when the aircraft flew into the mast of a
fishing boat and crashed when attacking shipping in Zuara harbour,
Libya, 24 December 1941. Aged 31. Native of Lidget Green, Bradford,
Yorkshire. Son of Thomas and Harriet Ann Hewson; husband of Ruby
Hewson, of Lidget Green, Bradford, Yorkshire. Panel 1, Column
2. |
| HEYWOOD |
Edgar
John |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1266937, 70 Squadron, Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed
in action flying out of Temmar, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington
III, serial number Hz174, when the aircraft was shot down into
the sea between Palau and La Maddalena, Sardinia during a raid
on Olcia 3 July 1943. Aged 23. Native of Edmonton, Middlesex.
Son of Edgar and Ethel Heywood; husband of E. Heywood, of Edmonton,
Middlesex. Panel 8, Column 2. |
| HEYWOOD |
Richard
Alexander |
Flying
Officer (Observer) 115165, 69 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Luqa, Malta, in a Martin Baltimore II, serial number AG796,
when the aircraft was lost without trace during a shipping reconnaissance
sortie over the Mediterranean 23 February 1943. Aged 28. Native
of of St. Helens, Lancashire. Son of Richard Henry and Catherine
Ann Heywood; husband of Mildred Doreen Heywood, of St. Helens,
Lancashire. Panel 6, Column 2. |
| HEYWOOD |
Sidney |
Sergeant
(Air Bomber) 1002588, 40 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Luqa, Malta, in a Vickers Wellington IC, serial number HF834.
when the aircraft was lost during a raid on Bizerte docks, one
of the crew survived and was captured, 7 December 1942. Aged 21.
Native of Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire. Son of Harry and Lily
Heywood; husband of Marguerite Heywood, of Ashton-under-Lyne,
Lancashire. Panel 4, Column 1. |
| HICKEY |
Dudley
John |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 405907, 272 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Ta
Kali, Malta, in a Bristol Beaufighter, serial number either T5114
or X8079, when his aircraft was assumed to have been shot down
by Bf109s 30 miles northwest of Maritime Island during an armed
reconnaissance 22 May 1943. Aged 28. Native of Ipswich, Queensland,
Australia. Son of Francis William and Pauline Hickey; husband
of Valma Rose Hickey, of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. Panel
11, Column 1. |
| HICKS |
John
Longton |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 119185, 126 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Luqa, Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire VC, serial number
BR355, when his aircraft was shot down by a fighter when intercepting
an enemy air raid by Ju88s on Luqa and Safi airfields on Malta
9 July 1942. Aged 27. Native of Wavertree, Liverpool. Son of John
Longton Hicks and Anne Hicks, of Wavertree, Liverpool. Panel 3,
Column 1. |
| HIGGINS |
Peter
John |
Pilot
Officer (Observer) 85288, 82 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Luqa, Malta, in a Bristol Blenheim IV, serial number Z6427,
when the aircraft was brought down by an explosion of bombs from
Blenheim V6460 of 82 Squadron when attacking an Axis convoy heading
for Tripoli 27 May 1941. Aged 25. Native of Wallasey, Cheshire.
Son of John Percival and Ethel Mary Higgins, of Wallasey, Cheshire;
husband of Doris Higgins, of Wallasey. Panel 1, Column 1. |
| HILL |
Charles
Herbert |
Sergeant
(Observer) 1154518, 105 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Luqa, Malta, in a Bristol Blenheim IV, serial number P4840,
when the aircraft flew into a the mast of a schooner when attacking
enemy ships off Tripoli, Libya, 17 September 1941. Panel 1, Column
2. |
| HILL |
Ernest |
Sergeant
(Air Gunner) 1356019, 142 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out ofBlida, Algeria, in a Vickers Wellington III, serial number
Df691, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid
on the docks at Bizerta, Tunisia, possibly shot down near the
target, 23 February 1943. Aged 35. Native of Edge Hill, Liverpool.
Husband of Lucie Hill, of Edge Hill, Liverpool. Panel 8, Column
2. |
| HILL |
Francis
Peter |
Flight
Sergeant (Navigator) 1208802, 47 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Protville II, Tunisia, in a Bristol Beaufighter, when the
aircraft was shot down between Bastia and Leghorn during an attack
on a convoy during an Armed Rover 2 September 1943. Aged 36. Native
of Nottingham. Son of Peter and Lilian A. Hill; husband of Florence
Jane Hill, of Nottingham. Panel 7, Column 2. |
| HILL |
Lawrence
Sidney |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1332496, 458 Squadron, Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed
in action flying out of Protville I, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington
III, serial number HZ594, when the aircraft was shot down by flak
just off the coast near Bastia, Corsica during a shipping reconnaissance
off the western coasts of Sardinia and Corsica 22 July 1943. Aged
20. Native of Carshalton, Surrey. Son of Joseph James Hill and
Miriam Elizabeth Hill, of Carshalton, Surrey. Panel 8, Column
2. |
| HILL |
Peter
Edward |
Lieutenant
(Pilot) 178036V, 249 (R.A.F.) Squadron, South African Air Force.
Country of service South Africa. Killed in action flying out of
Canne, Italy in a North American Mustang III, serial number HB859,
when he baled out over the Adriatic due to engine failure, possibly
due to flak damage, returning from an on attack Rab, Croatia,
his body could not be found, 16 March 1945. Panel 19, Column 1. |
| HILL |
William
Frederick Irvine |
Flight
Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) R/100778, 420 Squadron,
Royal Canadian Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in
action flying out of Zina, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington III,
serial number DF686. when the aircraft was lost during a raid
on enemy troops on beaches between Briatico and Cape Sermero,
Sicily, 17 August 1943. Aged 22. Native of Weston, Ontario, Canada.
Son of Arthur I. and Georgina F. Hill, of Weston, Ontario, Canada.
Panel 11, Column 2. |
| HILLAM |
Arnold |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1029432, 142 Squadron, Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed
in action flying out of Kairouan West, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington
X, serial number HE600, when the aircraft was shot down over the
target during a raid on Naples 16 July 1943. Aged 30. Native ,
of Odsal, Bradford, Yorkshire. Son of Harry and Evelyn Hillam,
of Odsal, Bradford, Yorkshire. Panel 8, Column 2. |
| HILLEN |
Jack |
Flying
Officer (Navigator) 127301, 458 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Protville I, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington XIII, serial
number MP706, when the aircraft was lost without trace during
an anti-shipping search off Leghorn, Italy, 24 August 1943. Aged
23. Native of Northwich, Cheshire. Son of Thomas William and Ann
Eliza Hillen, of Northwich, Cheshire. Panel 6, Column 2. |
| HILLMAN |
Robert |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1281915, 18 Squadron, Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed
in action flying out of Luqa, Malta. in a Bristol Blenheim IV,
serial njmber Z7652, when the aircraft was lost without trace
during an anti-shipping patrol between Malta and the Cape Bon-Kerkennah
Island area of Tunisia 7 January 1942. Panel 4, Column 1. |
| HILTON |
John
Arthur |
Pilot
Officer (Observer) 124324, 113 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Ta Kali, Malta, in a Bristol Blenheim IV, serial number
Z7790, when the aircraft was shot down by return fire when attacking
Ju52/3m transports 40 miles off Lampedusa 13 January 1942. Aged
20. Native of Hornchurch, Essex. Son of John William and Eliza
Hilton, of Hornchurch, Essex. Panel 3, Column 1. |
| HINCHCLIFFE |
Raymond
Leonard |
Warrant
Officer 1214022, 3 Aircraft Delivery Unit (Middle East), Royal
Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom.
Died based at Oujda, Morocco, 22 August 1944. Aged 23. Native
of Heckmondwike, Yorkshire. Son of Herbert Arthur and Edith Hinchcliffe,
of Heckmondwike, Yorkshire. Panel 13, Column 2. |
| HINDLE |
William
Lascelles |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 162847, 253 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Prkos, Yugoslavia, in a Supermarine Spitfire LFVIII, when
the aircraft crashed into the Adriatic Sea off the island of Goli
Otok due to engine failure during a patrol between Rijeka and
Karlovac, Croatia, 30 April 1945. Panel 18, Column 1. |
| HIPPERSON |
Stanley
George |
Sergeant
(Navigator) 1390802, 150 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Kairouan West, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number
HF593. when the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid
on the marshalling yards at Bagnoli, Italy, 26 August 1943. Aged
21. Native of Norwich, Norfolk. Son of Stanley Charles and Eva
Hipperson, of Norwich. Panel 8, Column 2. |
| HISKENS |
Edwin
Tytler |
Warrant
Officer (Pilot) 404677, 249 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Ta
Kali, Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire VB, serial number EP340,
when the aircraft was shot down by a Bf109 into the sea off Valetta,
Malta when intercepting an enemy air raid on Malta 15 October
1942. Aged 21. Native of Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia. Son
of Edwin Alfred and Cecilia Agnes Hiskens, of Rockhampton, Queensland,
Australia. Panel 5, Column 1. |
| HOAD |
Sidney
George |
Flying
Officer (Navigator) 142893, 179 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Gibraltar in a Vickers Wellington XIV, serial number MP722,
when his aircraft was lost without trace west of Cape St Vincent
during an Anti-Submarine Warfare over the Bay of Biscay, possibly
shot down by flak from the U-boat U-667 25 September 1943. Son
of Walter and Alice Hoad, and husband of Phyllis Hoad of Cainscross,
Gloucestershire. Panel 6, Column 2. He is also recorded on his
parent’s grave at St Nicholas churchyard, Old Shoreham, Sussex.
See also Shoreham
by Sea, Sussex |
| HOARE |
David
Allen Downer |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 956948, 105 Squadron, Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed
in action flying ut of Luqa, Malta, in a Bristol belnheim IV,
serial number Z9604, when the aircraft exploded during a strike
on a convoy off Bu'ayrat Al Hasun, Libya, probably due to debris
from a hit on a tanker or hit by ship's flak, 15 August 1941.
Aged 23. Native of Coulsdon, Surrey. Son of E. J. Downer Hoare,
and of Faith W. Hoare, of Coulsdon, Surrey. Panel 1, Column 2. |
| HOBBINS |
Eric
Clement |
Flight
Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 420196, 204 Squadron,
Royal Australian Air Force. Country of service Australia. Killed
in action flying out of Bathurst, Gambia, in a Short Sunderland
III, serial number JM710, when the aircraft stalled and crashed
when turning to land at Bathurst after a night patrol off the
Cape Verde Islands 22 September 1943. Aged 20. Native of Enfield,
New South Wales, Australia. Son of Eugene Martin and Clare Frances
Hobbins, of Enfield, New South Wales, Australia. Panel 11, Column
2. |
| HOBBS |
Anthony
Peter Robert |
Flying
Officer (Navigator) 170398, 108 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed flying out
of Hal Far, Malta, in a Bristol Beaufighter VIF, serial number
KW202, when the aircraft flew into the sea near Filfla Rock about
6 miles off Malta during air firing practice against a sea target
13 July 1944. Aged 21. Native of of Bath, Somerset. Son of Stanley
Robert and Hylda Isabella Hobbs, of Bath, Somerset. Panel 13,
Column 1. See also Bath
Memorial |
| HOCKING |
Leonard |
Sergeant
1190480, 179 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Gibraltar,
in a Vickers Wellington VII, serial number LA971, when the aircraft
crashed into the sea shortly after taking off from Gibraltar 12
July 1943. Native of Bideford, Devon. Son of Mabel Hocking, of
Bideford, Devon. Panel 8, Column 2. |
| HODGES |
Norman
Ernest |
Flight
Sergeant 1579506, 614 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed while flying out of
Amendola, Italy, in a Handley Page Halifax II, serial number JN912,
when the aircraft ditched off Cape Spulico in the Gulf of Taranto
due to an engine fire during a transit flight from Catabia to
Amendola, one passenger survived, 14 August 1944. Aged 21. Native
of Heather, Leicestershire. Son of Charles Henry and Gertrude
Ellen Hodges, of Heather, Leicestershire. Panel 14, Column 1. |
| HODSON |
George
Leonard |
Sergeant
1259043, 217 Squadron, Coastal Command, Royal
Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Killed in action flying out
of Luqa, Malta, in a Bristol Beaufort I, serial number AW240,
when his aircraft was shot down by flak south of Zante island
during an attack on a convoy off the southwest coast of Greece
3 July 1942. Aged 19. Native of of Hudson, Province of Quebec,
Canada. Son of L. P. and Ann Hodson, of Hudson, Province of Quebec,
Canada. Panel 4, Column 1. See also 217
Squadron 1942 |
| HOGG |
James
Scott |
Flight
Sergeant 1568064, 22 Squadron (S.A.A.F), Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Gibraltar in a Lockheed Ventura V when his aircraft was
lost over the sea 17 December 1944. Aged 21. Native of Ardwell,
Wigtownshire. Son of James and Marion Parker Hogg, of Ardwell,
Wigtownshire. Panel 14, Column 1. See also Sandhead,
Wigtownshire |
| HOLE |
Harold |
Sergeant
1186282, 217 Squadron, Coastal Command, Royal
Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Killed in action flying out
of Luqa, Malta, in a Bristol Beaufort I, serial number AW240,
when his aircraft was shot down by flak south of Zante island
during an attack on a convoy off the southwest coast of Greece
3 July 1942. Aged 29. Native of of Blaina, Monmouthshire. Son
of Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Hole; husband of E. Hole, of Blaina, Monmouthshire.
Panel 4, Column 1. See also 217
Squadron 1942 |
| HOLLAND |
William
James Kevin |
Sergeant
1799510, 114 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Falconara,
Italy, in a Douglas Boston IV, serial number BZ513, when the aircraft
was lost during a night intruder sortie 5 March 1945. Aged 19.
Native of Naas, Co. Kildare, Irish Republic. Son of Maj. J. A.
Holland (formerly of the R.A.M.C.), and Annie J. Holland, of Naas,
Co. Kildare, Irish Republic. Panel 18, Column 2. |
| HOLLICK |
John
Douglas |
Sergeant
(Flight Engineer) 1392798, 104 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Foggia Main, Italy, ina Consolidated Liberator BVI, serial
number KK345, when the aircraft was lost without trace during
a raid on marshalling yards at Novska 58 miles southeast of Zagreb,
Yugoslavia, 4 April 1945. Aged 23. Native of Sturminster, Dorsetshire.
Son of Rowland and Dorothy Annie Hollick, of Sturminster, Dorsetshire.
Panel 18, Column 2. |
| HOLLICK |
Wilfred
Peter |
Flight
Sergeant 1315522, 86 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Aldergrove, Antrim, Northern Ireland, in a Consolidated Liberator
GRIII, serial number FL906, when the aircraft ditched in the North
Atlantic during an Anti-Submarine Warfare patrol, most of the
crew survived 20 June 1943. Native of Swindon, Wiltshire. Son
of Charles and Cicely Hollick, of Swindon, Wiltshire. Panel 7,
Column 2. |
| HOLLIMAN |
Frank
Thomas |
Flight
Lieutenant (Pilot) 182119, 185 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Pontedera, Italy, in a Supermarine Spitfire IX, serial
number PL405, when the aircraft crashed into a building near Valla
when attempting to recover from a dive 23 April 1945. Aged 22.
Native of Worcester Park, Surrey. Son of Frank Thomas Holliman
and Adelena Maud Holliman, of Worcester Park, Surrey. Panel 18,
Column 1. |
| HOLLOWAY |
Henry
Reginald |
Flying
Officer (Navigator/Radar) 139479, 153 Squadron, Royal Air Force
Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in
action flying out of Reghaia, Algeria, in a Bristol Beaufighter,
when the aircraft was shot down by a night fighter northeast of
Algiers soon after shooting down an intruder 27 August 1943. Aged
31. Native of Bristol. Son of Harry and Margaret Holloway; husband
of Gladys Alice Holloway, of Bristol. Panel 6, Column 2. |
| HOLMAN,
DFC |
Charles
Patrick (Paddy) |
Flight
Lieutenant (Navigator) 115604, 272 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Foggia, Italy, in a Bristol Beaufighter TFX, serial number
NE374, when his aircraft ditched off Piran on the coast of the
Istrian peninsula due to flak damage during an armed reconnaissance
to the Trieste area, the pilot survived, 25 October 1944. Aged
25. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (D.F.C.). Native of
Aylsham, Norfolk. Son of Dr. Alec George Holman and Grace Kathleen
Holman, of Aylsham, Norfolk. Panel 13, Column 1. See also Aylsham,
Norfolk |
| HOLMES |
Ernest
Douglas |
Warrant
Officer (Pilot) 403927, 112 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
Country of service Australia. Killed while flying out of Cutella,
Italy, in a Curtiss Kittyhawk III, serial number FR872, when his
aircraft was lost without trace when being vectored back to Cutella
above the cloud base after an air test 12 February 1944. Aged
26. Native of Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia. Son of Ernest
John Holmes, and of Alice Lucy Holmes, of Tamworth, New South
Wales, Australia. Panel 16, Column 1. |
| HOLMES |
Frederick
Glyndwr |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1315697, 104 Squadron, Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed
in action flying out of Hani West, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington
X, serial number HE613, when his aircraft was lost without trace
during a raid on Cape Palmi, Italy about 20 miles northeast of
Messina, Sicily, 8 August 1943. Aged 22. Native of Abergavenny,
Monmouthshire. Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Holmes, of Abergavenny,
Monmouthshire. Panel 8, Column 2. |
| HOLMES |
Peter |
Flight
Sergeant 1254915, 104 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Hani West, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington III, serial number
HZ192, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid
on Salerno 23 July 1943. Aged 21. Native of Mottingham, Kent.
Son of Arthur Roland and Margaret Ann Holmes, of Mottingham, London.
Panel 7, Column 2. |
| HOLMES |
Ronald
James |
Sergeant
1324479, 150 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action based at Kairouan
West, Tunisia, 7 August 1943. Aged 21. Native of Upper Deal, Kent.
Son of Florence Mabel Holmes, of Upper Deal, Kent. Panel 8, Column
2. |
| HOLMNER |
Albert
Isaac Gordon |
Lieutenant
207214V, 15 Squadron, South African Air Force. Country of service
South Africa. Killed in action flying out of Cesenatico, Italy,
in a Martin Baltimore V, serial number FW824, when his aircraft
ditched 3 miles off Bellaria between Rimini and Cervia, Italy
during a night test flight 3 March 1945. Aged 26. Native of Gezina,
Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. I. G.
Holmner; husband of S. S. E. Holmner, of Gezina, Pretoria, Transvaal,
South Africa. Panel 19 Column 1. |
| HOLT |
Geoffrey |
Flying
Officer (Navigator) 120970, 458 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Protville I, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington, when the
aircraft was lost without trace during a night reconnaissance
from Civitavecchia to Bastia and along the coasts of Corsica and
Sardinia 16 September 1943. Aged 22. Native of Hadley Wood, Hertfordshire.
Son of Harold and Ruby Holt; husband of Catherine F. Holt, of
Hadley Wood, Hertfordshire. Panel 6. Column 2. |
| HOOD |
George |
Flight
Lieutenant 106519, 296 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Goubrine II, Tunisia, in a Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle GTI,
serial number P1446, when the aircraft was lost without trace
during Operation Chestnut to drop SAS troops over Sicily as part
of Operation Husky 13 July 1943. Aged 28. Native of Higher Irlam,
Lancashire. Son of George William and Rose Hood; husband of Honora
T. Hood, of Higher Irlam, Lancashire. Panel 6, Column 1. |
| HOPKIN |
Haydn
Hounam |
Flying
Officer 154236, 256 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Foggia, Italy, in a de Havilland Mosquito NFXII, serial number
HK160, when the aircraft was lost without trace from an interception
over the Adriatic Sea about 20 miles off Ravenna, Italy, 12 February
1945. Aged 25. Native of Sheffield, Yorkshire. Son of Albert Haydn
Hopkin and Agnes Hopkin; husband of Winifred Hopkin, of Sheffield.
Panel 18, Column 1. |
| HOPKINS |
William
Henry |
 Flying
Officer (Pilot) 413851, 23 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Country of service New Zealand. Killed in action flying out
of Luqa, Malta, in a de Havilland Mosquito II, serial number
DZ693, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a night
intruder sortie over Western Sicily 28 April 1943. Aged 26.
Born 15 November 1916. Native of Green Lane, Auckland, New Zealand.
Son of Robert and Madeline Hopkins; nephew of Mary Hunt, of
Green Lane, Auckland, New Zealand; nephew of Mr. Noel Howard.
12 Rautara St, Orakei, Auckland. Panel 12, Column 1.
Photograph
Weekly News, 7 July 1943
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| HOPPING |
Arthur
Stanley |
Flight
Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) R/115081, 420 Squadron,
Royal Canadian Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in
action flying out of Zina, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X,
serial number HF461, when the aircraft was lost during a raid
on San Giovanni, Italy, 24 July 1943. Aged 36. Native of Deseronto,
Ontario, Canada. Son of Eliza Hopping, of Deseronto, Ontario,
Canada. Panel 11, Column 2. |
| HORE |
Sydney
Ross |
Flight
Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 416856, 179 Squadron,
Royal Australian Air Force. Country of service Australia. Killed
in action flying out of Gibraltar in a Vickers Wellington XIV,
when the aircraft was lost without trace during an Anti-Submarine
Warfare patrol between Gibraltar and Cape St Vincent, Portugal
on the crew's first operation 17 January 1944. Aged 21. Native
of Gawler, South Australia. Son of Sydney Frederick and Florence
Maud Hore, of Gawler, South Australia. Panel 16, Column 2. |
| HORNER |
Walter |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1486873, 17 (S.A.A.F.) Squadron,
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom.
Killed in action flying out of Alghero, Sardinia, Italy, in a
Lockheed Ventura V, serial number JT833. when the aircraft was
lost without trace during a shipping sweep off southern France
14 August 1944. Aged 23. Native of Garforth, Yorkshire. Son of
Neville and Jennie Horner, of Garforth, Yorkshire. Panel 15, Column
1. |
| HORNSBY |
James
Stanley |
Sergeant
(Special Operatons) 1019209, 458 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Protville I, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington XIII, serial
number MP762, when the aircraft was lost without trace during
a night reconnaissance around the coasts of Corsica and Sardinia
12 September 1943. Native of Linthorpe, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.
Son of Emmerson C. and Esther Hornsby. Panel 8, Column 2. |
| HORNUNG |
Walter |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 405275, 221 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air
Force. Country of service New Zealand. Killed in action fl;ying
out of Luqa, Malta, in a Vickers Wellington IC, serial number
HX727, when it was assumed that his aircraft had been lost off
Cape Passero, Sicily during an armed reconnaissance searching
for shipping between Sardinia and Southern Italy 10 April 1943.
Aged 24. Born 12 September 1918. Awarded the Distinguished Flying
Medal (D.F.M.). Native of Heathcote, Christchurch, Canterbury,
New Zealand. Son of George and Hilda May Hornung, of Heathcote,
Christchurch, New Zealand. Panel 12, Column 2.
Biography
for Walter Hornung. RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies
of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Bo - Cl.
Archives Zealand (R17845611-0476). CC-BY 2.0.
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Flight
Sergeant Walter Hornung D.F.M. |
| Parents: |
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Mr.
& Mrs. G. Hornung of Christchurch. |
Walter Hornung was born at Christchurch on the 12th September,
1918. He received his secondary education at the West Christchurch
High School, afterwards continuing by night classes at Gilby's
Commercial College and with Hemingway's Correspondence School,
Auckland, for the examination of the New Zealand Institute
of Secretaries. He played tennis and cricket at school, and
later senior cricket for the West Old Boys cricket club. For
two years after leaving school he was employed by Atkinson
& Son, Ltd., Engineers of Christchurch, and then by the
Massey Harris Co. Ltd., implement importers of Christchurch
and was still employed by this latter firm at the time of
applying for enlistment in aircrew, on the 7th December, 1939.
Flight Sergeant Hornung was enlisted at the Initial Training
Wing, Levin on the 22nd December, 1940 and proceeded to No.3.
Elementary Flying Training School, Harewood on the 9th February,
1941 for his elementary flying training. He embarked for Canada
on the 29th April for training under the Empire Air Training
Scheme.
Flight Sergeant Hornung arrived in Canada early in May and
was posted to No.32. Service Flying Training School, Moose
Jaw, Alberta on the 27th May, 1941 where on the 26th September
he was awarded the flying badge and promoted to Sergeant.
He was further promoted to Flight Sergeant on the 1st August
1942. Meanwhile, on the 3rd October he had proceeded to No.1.
"Y" Depot Halifax, Nova Scotia for embarkation to
the United Kingdom.
Flight Sergeant Hornung arrived at No.3. Personnel Reception
Centre, Bournemouth on the 19th October. After completing
a Beam Approach Course at Swanton Morley, Norfolk during November
he was posted on the 25th November to No. 21 Operational Training
Unit, Moreton-in-the-Marsh, Gloucestershire, and for a short
period at No.11. Operational Training Unit, at Bassingbourn
where he crewed up and completed his training in Wellington
bomber aircraft.
On the 3rd May, 1942 he was posted to No.15 Operational Training
Unit, Harwell, Berkshire, and proceeded by air to the Middle
East as second pilot of a Wellington aircraft by way of Gibraltar,
and Malta arriving in Egypt on the 25th of the Month. After
a short period at Almaza Transit Camp and the Middle East
Training School he was posted on the 15th June to No.38 Squadron
at Shallufa, Egypt. With this squadron from landing grounds
in the Western Desert as second pilot of Wellington bomber
aircraft, he took part in seventeen operational flights against
enemy targets, comprising two minelaying sorties off Tobruk,
and one off Mersa Matruh, 9 torpedo attacks and 9 bombing
attacks on enemy shipping in the Eastern Mediterranean and
one bombing attack on Tobruk. Early in November 1942 he returned
to No.5. Middle East Training School, Heliopolis, Egypt for
a short course, and on the 21st January, 1943 was posted to
No.221 Squadron at Malta. With this Squadron as captain of
Wellington bomber aircraft, he took part in a further sixteen
operations being all attacks against enemy shipping off the
coast of Sicily and Italy. On the 23rd January the crew attacked
an enemy motor vessel of about 4,000 tons and succeeded in
hitting it with 2 torpedoes and sinking it.
Flight Sergeant Hornung was the pilot of a Wellington bomber
aircraft which took off from Luga airfield Malta on the 10th
April, 1943. to carry out an armed search for enemy shipping
between Cape Spartivento and Point Alice on the South East
Coast of Italy.. An S.O.S. was received from a position 90
to 60 miles North of Malta but the aircraft failed to return
to its base and all the crew including Flight Sergeant Hornung
were classified as missing. It is assumed they lost their
lives at sea and in due course Flight Sergeant Hornung was
presumed to have lost his life on the 10th April, 1943.
In September 1943 the award of the Distinguished Flying Medal
to Flight Sergeant Hornung was made known, the citation covering
the award reading as hereunder:-
"FLIGHT SERGEANT HORNUNG HAS PARTICIPATED IN A LARGE
NUMBER OF STRIKES AGAINST ENEMY SHIPPING AND HAS OBTAINED
EXCELLENT RESULTS. IN JANUARY 1942, WHILE ATTACKING ENEMY
SHIPPING OFF SICILY, HE RELEASED TWO TORPEDOES, AT LEAST ONE
OF WHICH STRUCK A MERCHANT VESSEL, WHICH BURST INTO FLAMES
AND SPLIT IN TWO. DURING THIS ATTACK, THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBJECTED
TO AN INTENSE BARRAGE FROM THE MERCHANT SHIP AND ITS DESTROYER
ESCORT. FLIGHT SERGEANT HORNUNG HAS INVARIABLY DISPLAYED EXCEPTIONAL
COOLNESS AND SKILL, AND HAS PROVED TO BE A RELIABLE AND COURAGEOUS
CAPTAIN."
One other New Zealander was included in the crew of the aircraft,
W/O/ A. J. Milner of Mosqiel.
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5/2/2115 AS.2. |
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Mr. G. Hornung (F) |
611
hours as
PILOT. |
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Hortane
Valley,
Heathoote,
CHRISTCHURCH. |
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| HORROCKS |
Robert
William |
Flying
Officer 171021, 18 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service
United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Falconara, Italy,
in a Douglas Boston IV, 22 February 1945. Aged 23. Native of Salford,
Lancashire. Son of William and Alice Horrocks, of Salford, Lancashire.
Panel 18 Column 1. |
| HORSCROFT |
Bernard
Harold |
Sergeant
1392478, 223 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Died based at Brindisi, Italy, 25 October
1943. In 1921 he was the son of Charles George and Ada Alice Horscroft,
aged 2, born Southampton, Hampshire, resident 332, Kennington
Road, Lambeth, London & Surrey. Panel 8, Column 2. |
| HORSCROFT |
Hector
Eugene |
Warrant
Officer Class I 215364V, 21 Squadron, South African Air Force.
Country of service South Africa. Killed in action flying out of
Pescara, Italy, in a Martin Marauder III, serial number HD591,
when his aircraft was hit by flak and crashed into the sea 5 miles
southeast of Rimini, four of the crew survived, 13 September 1944.
Panel 17, Column 2. |
| HORTON |
David
William |
Flight
Sergeant 1600215, 37 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Tortorella, Italy, in a Consolidated Liberator BVI, serial
number KL361, when the aircraft was lost during a raid on marshalling
yards at Novska about 50 miles southeast of Zagreb, Yugoslavia,
3 April 1945. Aged 21. Native of Whitton, Twickenham, Middlesex.
Son of Dudley George and Lottie Frances Mary Horton, of Whitton,
Twickenham, Middlesex. Panel 18. Column 2. |
| HORTON |
Edward
Henry |
Lieutenant
(Pilot) 205459V, 17 Squadron, South African Air Force. Country
of service South Africa. Killed in action flying out of Alghero,
Sardinia, Italy, in a Lockheed Ventura V, serial number JT833,
when his aircraft was lost without trace during a shipping sweep
off southern France 14 August 1944. Aged 32. Native of Durban
North, Natal, South Africa. Son of Henry S. and Antoinette Horton;
husband of Catherine Horton, of Durban North, Natal, South Africa.
Panel 17, Column 1. |
| HOTCHKISS |
Claude |
Sergeant
1191577, 210 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Pembroke
Dock, Pembrokeshire, in a Consolidated Catalina I, serial number
W8416, when the aircraft was lost without trace during an escort
for shipping off the coast of Morocco 11 November 1942. Aged 20.
Native of Oswestry, Shropshire. Son of Richard and Jane Ellen
Hotchkiss, of Oswestry, Shropshire. Panel 4, Column 1. |
| HOTSON |
John
Dunsmore |
Flying
Officer 133518, 420 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Zina, Tunisia, in a V ickers Wellington X, serial number HF459,
when the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on Capo
Peloro on the extreme northeastern tip of Sicily 13 August 1943.
Aged 22. Native of Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland. Son of William
Hotson, and of Mary Ann Hotson (nee Hudson), of Hawick, Roxburghshire.
Panel 6, Column 2. |
| HOUGH |
Edwin |
Corporal
542192, 802 Squadron (serving in H.M.S. Illustrious)., Royal Air
Force. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action at
sea when the aircraft carrier H.M.S. Illustrious was damaged during
an enemy air raid when escorting a convoy east of Sicily 10 January
1941. Aged 21. Native of Southport, Lancashire. Son of Edwin Hough,
and of Elsie Hough, of Southport, Lancashire. Panel 2, Column
2. |
| HOUGHTON |
William |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 1452281, 624 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Blida, Algeria, in a Handley Page Halifax II, serial number
JN960, when it was assumed the aircraft was lost over the sea
during SOE Special Operation Prettytoes over southern France 27
April 1944. Aged 22. Native of Warrington, Lancashire. Son of
James Stanley Houghton and Hilda Houghton, of Warrington, Lancashire.
Panel 14, Column 1. |
| HOVERS |
Richard
Collinson |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 1168351, 179 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Gibraltar in a Vickers Wellington III, serial number HX749,
when the aircraft was lost during an Anti-Submarine Warfare patrol
over the Mediterranean 6 December 1942. Aged 22. Native of Wylde
Green, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire. Son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
H. C. Hovers, of Wylde Green, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire.
Panel 3, Column 2. |
| HOWARD |
Keith
Guy |
Warrant
Officer Class I 210432V, 17 Squadron, South African Air Force.
Country of service South Africa. Killed in action flying out of
Bone, Algeria, in a Lockheed Ventura V, serial number JT819, when
his aircraft crashed into the sea 15 miles north of Cap de Fer,
Algeria, during a patrol, three of the crew survived, between
29 May 1944 and 30 May 1944. Aged 18. Son of Lewis C. B. and Gladys
L. Howard. Panel 17, Column 2. |
| HOWARTH |
Thomas |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1122661, 39 Squadron, Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed
in action flying out of Luqa, Malta, in a Bristol Beaufort IIA,
serial number DD875, when the aircrfat was lost without trace
during a mine laying sortie to Bizerte Harbour, Tunisia, 30 November
1942. Aged 22. Native of Farnworth, Lancashire. Son of Thomas
and Jane Howarth; husband of Elizabeth E. Howarth, of Farnworth,
Lancashire. Panel 4, Column 1. |
| HOWATSON |
James |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 981103, 40 Squadron, Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom.
Killed in action flying out of Hani West, Tunisia, in a Vickers
Wellington X, serial number HE707, whe the aircraft was lost
without trace during a raid on Catania airfield, Sicily, 8 July
1943. Aged 23. Son of Francis and Elizabeth Howatson. Panel
8, Column 2.
Extract
from Dumfries & Galloway Standard & Advertiser
- 4 September 1943, page 4:
CARSPHAIRN
AIRMAN
MISSING.
Official information has been received that Sergeant James
Howatson was reported missing from air operations in the Middle
East on the night of 8th-9th July.
Sergeant Howatson was a wireless operator-air-gunner. He is
23 years of age. He was a native of Carsphairn, and enlisted
in the R.A.F. in March, 1940.
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| HOWE |
Alfred
William |
Warrant
Officer (Wireless Operator) 429244, 104 Squadron, Royal Australian
Air Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying
out of Foggia Main, Italy, in a Consolidated Liberator BVI, serial
number KK345, when the aircraft was lost without trace during
a raid on marshalling yards at Novska 58 miles southeast of Zagreb,
Yugoslavia, 3 April 1945. Aged 33. Native of Abermain, New South
Wales, Australia. Son of Richard and Anne Howe; husband of Elsie
Howe, of Abermain, New South Wales, Australia. Panel 19, Column
2. |
| HOWE |
Frederick
Carl |
Warrant
Officer Class I 542310V, 15 Squadron, South African Air Force.
Country of service South Africa. Killed while flying out of
Cesenatico, Italy, in a Martin Baltimore V, serial number FW768,
when his aircraft crashed into the sea during an overshoot at
Cesenatico 7 March 1945. Aged 20. Native of Stutterheim, Cape
Province, South
Africa. Son of Robert W. C. and Pauline E. Howe, of Stutterheim,
Cape Province, South Africa. Panel 19, Column 2.
|
| HOY |
Vincent
Stanley Horace |
Flight
Sergeant (Air Gunner) 1332459, 148 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Brindisi, Italy, in a Handley Page Halifax II, serial number
JP284, when the aircraft was shot down by flak north of Berat
during a Special Operation supply drop to Albania, five of the
crew survived, 29 June 1944. Aged 22. Native of Walthamstow, Essex.
Son of Stanley Thomas Hoy and Florence Jane Hoy, of Walthamstow,
Essex. Panel 14, Column 1. |
| HOY |
William
Joseph |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) NZ412235, 52 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Country of service New Zealand. Killed in action flying out of
Protville I, Tunisia, in a Martin Baltimore IIIA, serial number
FA200, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a reconnaissance patrol of the Italian coast north of Citavecchia 5 August 1943.
Aged 26. Native of Wanganui, Wellington, New Zealand. Son of Henry
Thomas Hoy, and of Mary Margaret Hoy (nee Kerrigan), of Wanganui,
Wellington, New Zealand. Panel 12, Column 1. |
| HUBBARD |
Brian
Frederick Robert |
Sergeant
751399, 431 Flight, 235 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Luqa, Malta, in a Martin Maryland I, serial number AR719, when
his aircrfat was lost without trace during a ferry flight from
Thorney Island, Hampshire, to Malta 9 November 1940. Nativeof
Radford, Coventry, Warwickshire. Son of George Frederick and Ethel
Allen Hubbard, of Radford, Coventry. Panel 1, Column 1. |
| HUDDART |
George
Joffre |
Flying
Officer (Navigator) J/21570, 624 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air
Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out
of Blida, Algeria, in a Handley Page HAlifax II, serial number
JN960, when it was assumed the aircraft was lost over the sea
during Special Operations Executive (SOE) Special Operation Prettytoes
over southern France 27 April 1944. Aged 28. Son of William James
Huddart and Daisy Huddart; nephew of Mr. J. M. Huddart, of Toronto,
Ontario, Canada. Panel 15, Column 1. |
| HUDSON |
Eric
Furlow |
Sergeant
1458087, 624 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Blida,
Algeria, in a Handley Page Halifax II, serial number JN960, when
it was assumed that the aircraft was lost over the sea during
Special Operations Executive (SOE) Special Operation Prettytoes
over southern France 27 April 1944. Aged 21. Native of Thorner,
Yorkshire. Son of Frederick and Minna Hudson, of Thorner, Yorkshire.
Panel 15, Column 1. |
| HUDSON |
James
Walter Thomas |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator) 1801228, 55 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Cecina, Italy, in a Martin Baltimore V, serial number FW482,
when the aircraft was lost during a reconnaissance sortie (probably
over the Adriatic Sea), the pilot survived, 2 September 1944.
Aged 21. Son of James Walter and Beatrice Sophia Hudson, of Putney,
London. Panel 15, Column 1. |
| HUDSON |
Robert
William Joseph |
Pilot
Officer (Navigator) J/17587, 458 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air
Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out
of LG 91, Egypt but detailed to to Luqa, Malta, in a Vichers Wellington VIII,
serial number HX677, when the aircraft was lost during a shipping
search off the west coast of Italy; possibly shot down during
an attack on a convoy, 27 April 1943. Native of Hawkesbury, Ontario,
Canada. Panel 10, Column 2. |
| HUDSPITH |
George
Edward |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 53114, 31 (S.A.A.F.) Squadron, Royal Air Force.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Celone, Italy, in a Consolidated Liberator BVI, serial number
KH158, when the aircraft was lost without trace in bad weather
during a sortie to drop supplies to partisans 12 miles northeast
of Genoa, northern Italy, 13 October 1944. Panel 13, Column 1. |
| HUGGINS |
Roderick |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 45426, 113 Squadron, Royal Air Force previously
served as Second Lieutenant, Royal Artillery. Country of service
United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Ta Kali, Malta,
in a Bristol Blenheim IV, serial number Z7790, when the aircraft
was shot down by return fire when attacking Ju52/3m transports
40 miles off Lampedusa 13 January 1942. Panel 3, Column 1. |
| HUGHES |
Clifton
Lawrence |
Warrant
Officer (Navigator) 410670, 221 Squadron, Royal Australian Air
Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out
of Grottaglie, Italy, in a Vickers Wellington XIII, serial number
HZ883, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a night
armed shipping reconnaissance over the northern Adriatic Sea 24
August 1944. Aged 28. NAtive of of North Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia.
Son of Clifton Earnst and Nora Espbeth Hughes; husband of Veronica
Sarah Hughes, of North Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia. Panel 16,
Column 1. |
| HUGHES |
Francis
Rodney |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 415462, 40 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Foggia
Main, Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, se4rial number LP120,
when the aircraft crashed 15 miles south of Pirot, Yugoslavia
during a raid on an oil terminal at Giurgiu, Romania, one of the
crew survived and was captured, 3 June 1944. Aged 28. Native of
Rose Bay, New South Wales, Australia. Son of Dr. James F. Hughes
and Holly Hughes: husband of Desolie Hughes, of Rose Bay, New
South Wales, Australia. Panel 16, Column 2. |
| HUGHES |
Graeme
Michael |
Sergeant
1233517, 150 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out og Fontaine
Chaude, Algeria, in a Vickers Wellington III, serial number HZ183,
when the aircrfat was lost without trace during a raid on airfields
in Sicily 21 May 1943. Aged 21. Native of Bramhope, Yorkshire.
Son of Percy Edward and Ethel May Hughes, of Bramhope, Yorkshire.
Panel 8, Column 2. |
| HUGHES |
John
Edward |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 1293146, 227 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Luqa, Malta, in a bristol Beaufighter VIC, serial number X8063,
when the aircraft was shot down by a Bf109s into the sea off Bizerta,
Tunisia during a patrol 14 November 1942. Aged 22. Native of Upminster,
Essex. Son of Herbert J. and Alice G. Hughes, of Upminster, Essex.
Panel 4, Column 1. |
| HUGHES |
Richard |
Sergeant
(Air Bomber) 1217270, 150 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Kairouan West, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial
number HF593, when the aircraft6 was lost without trace during
a raid on the marshalling yards at Bagnoli, Italy, 26 August 1943.
Aged 20. Native of Blackheath, Staffordshire. Son of Richard and
Lizzie Hughes, of Blackheath, Staffordshire. Panel 8, Column 2. |
| HULBERT |
John
Graham Kenelm |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 66517, 249 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out og Ta Kali, Malta, in a Hawker Hurricane IIB, serial number
Z4003, when the aircraft was shot down into sea by a Bf109 when
intercepting an enemy air raid on Ta Kali, Malta, 4 February 1942.
Aged 19. Natibve of Woodgreen, Hampshire. Son of Charles Kenelm
Hulbert, and of Amy D. Hulbert, of Woodgreen, Hampshire. Panel
3, Column 1. |
| HULMES |
James
Maxwell |
Flight
Sergeant (Air Gunner) 432551, 624 (R.A.F.) Squadron, Royal Australian
Air Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying
out of Blida, Algeria, in a Handley Page Halifax II, serial number
JN896, when the aircraft was lost over the sea between Barcelona
and Perpignan when returning from Special Operations Executive
(SOE) Special Operation sortie Quincaille to Southern France 14
August 1944. Aged 19. Son of Andrew Percy and Minnie Enid Hulmes,
of Croydon, New South Wales, Australia. Panel 16, Column 2. |
| HUMES |
Geoffrey |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 66570, 255 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Setif, Algeria, in a Bristol Beaufighter, when the aircraft
was lost without trace during an intruder patrol to Sardinia,
1 April 1943. Aged 22. Native of Huntingdon. Son of Gladys I.
Humes, of Huntingdon. Panel 6, Column 2. |
| HUMPHREY |
Henry
John |
Flight
Sergeant 749450, 204 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action out of Bathurst,
Gambia, in a Short Sunderland I, serial number T9041, when the
aircraft ditched in the Atlantic off West Africa due to total
engine failure during a patrol, ten of the crew were rescued by
H.M.S. Velox, 28 June 1942. Aged 30. Native of Twickenham, Middlesex.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Humphrey, of Twickenham, Middlesex; husband
of Elsie E. Humphrey, of Thorpe Bay, Essex. Panel 3, Column 2. |
| HUMPHREY |
John
Brown |
Sergeant
(Flight Engineer) 991460, 148 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Brindisi, Italy, in a Handley Page Halifax II, when the
aircraft crashed into the sea north of Corsica following an engine
fire when returning from a Special Operations drop in northern
Italy, one of the crew survived, 30 July 1944. Aged 28. Native
of Deptford, Sunderland, Durham. Son of John B. and Lily M. Humphrey,
of Deptford, Sunderland, Co. Durham. Panel 15, Column 1. |
| HUMPHREY |
John
Henry |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 1331013, 93 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Souk el Khemis, Tunisia, in a Supermarine Spitfire VB, serial
number ER979. when the aircraft crashed into the sea about 8 miles
north of Cap Serrat due to engine failure during a tactical reconnaissance escort sortie 17 April 1943. Aged 22. Native of Burnt Oak, Edgware,
Middlesex. Son of John Henry and Rosina Humphrey, of Burnt Oak,
Edgware, Middlesex. Panel 8, Column 2. |
| HUMPHREY |
Malcolm
Charles |
Flight
Sergeant 550823, 608 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service
United Kingdom. Killed in action by friendly fire flying out
of Gibraltar in a Lockheed Hudson V, serial number AM802, when
his aicraft was shot down in error by four Martlets of 893 Squadron
from H.M.S. Formidable off Algiers during an Anti Submarine
Warfare patrol 11 November 1942. Panel 3. Column 2. See also
Steeple
Bumpstead, Essex
|
| HUNT |
Graham
Humphreys |
Sergeant
553842, 221 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service United
Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Luqa, Malta, in a Vickers
Wellington VIII, serial number Z8703, when the aircraft was
lost without trace during a Rooster night patrol using Air-to-Surface-Vessel
radar in co-operation with 830 Squadron's Swordfish 23 December
1941. Born 30 June 1922 in Reading, berkshire, baptised 1 October
1922 in All Saints (Downshire Square), Reading, Berkshire. Native
of Reading, Berkshire. Son of Sidney Richard (a Grocer) and
Marion Grace Hunt, of 10, Argyle Road, Reading. Panel 1, Column
2.
Extract
from The Reading Standard - Friday 2 January 1942,
page 1:
MISSING.
HUNT.—In
December, Sergt. Graham Hunt. R.A.F., younger son of Sidney
and Marion Hunt, 10, Argyle Road, Reading.
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| HUNTER |
Douglas
Munro Anderson |
Lieutenant
(Pilot) 22211V, 6 (R.A.F.) Squadron, South African Air Force.
Country of service South Africa. Killed in actiion flying out
of Foggia, Italy, in a Hawker Hurricane IV, serial number LD167,
when he was hit by flak and ditched 11 miles southwest of Senj,
Croatia, 21 July 1944. Aged 25. Awarded the Distinguished Flying
Cross (D.F.C.). Native of Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South
Africa. Son of George A. and Florence M. McC. Hunter, of Walmer,
Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa. Panel 17, Column
1. |
| HUNTER |
Douglas |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 122133, Royal Air Force. Country of service United
Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of North Front, Gibraltar,
in a Supermarine Spitfire IX, serial number EN121, when the aircraft
dithed off Gibraltar due to engine failure 21 January 1943. Aged
21. Native of of Stanhill, Accrington, Lancashire. Son of William
Aldred Hunter and Wilhelmina Douglas Hunter, of Stanhill, Accrington,
Lancashire. B.A. (Oxon). Panel 6, Column 2. |
| HUNTER |
George
Winifrid Murray |
Sergeant
523321, 136 Air Stores Park, Royal Air Force. Country of service
United Kingdom. Died based at Bone, Algeria, 16 June 1943. Birth
registered in the April-June Quarter 1916 in Prescot Registration
District, Lancashire. Panel 8, Column 2. |
| HUNTER |
James
Reid |
Sergeant
(Special Operations) 1020873, 458 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of LG 91, Egypt but detailed to to Luqa, Malta, in a Vickers Wellington
VIII, serial number HX677, when the aircraft was lost during a
shipping search off the west coast of Italy; possibly shot down
during an attack on a convoy, 27 April 1943. Son of James Reid
Hunter and Jessie Fleming Hunter. In the 1921 census he was aged
12, born North Shields, Northumberland, son of James and Jessie
Hunter, resident 1, Front Street, Tynemouth, Northumberland. Panel
8, Column 2. |
| HUNTER |
William |
Sergeant
651127, 37 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service United
Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Tortorella, Italy, in
a Consolidated Liberator BVI, serial number KL361, when the aircraft
was lost during a raid on marshalling yards at Novska about 50
miles southeast of Zagreb, Yugoslavia, 3 April 1945. Panel 18,
Column 2. |
| HURLEY |
Cornelius
Robert Donovan |
Warrant
Officer Class II (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) R/54802, 221 Squadron,
Royal Canadian Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in
action flying out of Luqa, Malta, in a Vickers Wellington VIII,
serial number LB115, when it is assumed that the aircraft was
shot shot down by a night fighter off Cap Bon during an anti-shipping
search west of Sicily 18 April 1943. Aged 29. Native of Montreal,
Province of Quebec, Canada. Son of John and Julia Hurley, of Montreal,
Province of Quebec, Canada. Panel 10, Column 2. |
| HURST |
Edmund |
Sergeant
(Flight Engineer) 528937, 624 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Blida,
Algeria, in a Handley Page Halifax II, serial number JN896, when
the aircraft was lost over the sea between Barcelona and Perpignan
when returning from Special Operations Executive (SOE) Special
Operation sortie Quincaille to Southern France 14 August 1944.
Aged 29. Native of Rochdale, Lancashire. Son of Edmund Hurst,
and of Clara Hurst, of Rochdale, Lancashire. Panel 15, Column
1. |
| HURST |
John |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 121463, 603 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Ta Kali, Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire V, when the aircraft
was lost without trace when intercepting an enemy fighter sweep
over Malta, presumed to have been shot down by a Bf109, 2 July
1942. Aged 24. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (D.F.C.).
Native of Strood, Kent. Son of James and Annie Hurst; husband
of Winifred Maud Hurst, of Strood, Kent. Panel 3, Column 1. |
| HUSTLER |
John
Saynor |
Flying
Officer (Navigator) 121472, 179 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Gibraltar in a Vickers Wellington VIII, serial number HX690,
when the aircraft was lost during an Anti-Submarine Warfare patrol
over the Western Mediterranean, possibly shot down by return fire
from an Italian submarine, 21 January 1943. Mentioned in Despatches.
Panel 6, Column 2. |
| HUTCHESON |
James |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 1115654, 217 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Luqa, Malta, in a Bristol Beaufort I, serial number L9893,
when his aircrfat was shot doown by flak south of Zante island
during an attack on a convoy off the southwest coast of Greece
3 July 1942. Aged 30. Native of of Newcastle-on-Tyne. Son of Thomas
and Mabel D. Hutcheson, of Newcastle-on-Tyne. Panel 4, Column
1. See also 217
Squadron 1942 |
| HUTCHINGS |
Richard
John |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 1317760, 142 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Kairouan West, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number
HE600, when the aircraft was shot down over the target during
a raid on Naples 16 July 1943. Aged 21. Native of Okehampton,
Devon. Son of William James Yelland Hutchings and Eveline Quance
Hutchings, of Okehampton, Devon. Panel 8, Column 2. |
| HUTCHINGS |
Wallace
Walter |
Leading
Aircraftman 1167225, HQ Unit (Natal), Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action at
sea aboard S.S. Samuel J Tilden which was bombed at Bari, Italy,
during an air raid by Ju88s 2 December 1943. Aged 38. Son of George
and Annie Hutchings. Panel 9, Column 2. |
| HUTCHINSON |
Matthew
Alan |
Sergeant
(Navigator) 1545567, 37 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Tortorella, Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number
LN641, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid
on an aircraft factory at Steyr 19 miles southeast of Linz, Austria,
24 February 1944. Aged 21. Native of Catchgate, Annfield Plain,
Co. Durham. Son of Matthew Henry and Mary Jane Hutchinson, of
Catchgate, Annfield Plain, Co. Durham. Panel 15, Column 1. |
| HUTT |
John
Keogh |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 967922, 69 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Luqa, Malta, in a Martin Maryland I, serial number BJ427, when
the aircraft was lost without trace during a reconnaissance sortie over
the sea to the southeast of Messina, Sicily, 24 November 1941.
Panel 1, Column 2. |
| HYDE |
Ian
Robertson |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 114296, 296 Squadron, Royal Air Force Transport
Command. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Goubrine II, Tunisia, in a Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle
GTI, serial number P1516, when the aircraft was lost without trace
during a mail run between Gioia delle Colle, Italy and Goubrine
II, Tunisia, an Army Captain was also killed, 2 October 1943.
Aged 24. Native of Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. Son of Robert R.
and Eileen R. Hyde; husband of Anne Mary Hyde, of Walton-on-Thames,
Surrey. Panel 6, Column 2. |
| HYDE |
Laurence
Patrick |
Sergeant
1808540, 70 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Tortorella,
Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number LP502. when the
aicraft was lost during a raid on Udine 18 November 1944. Aged
20. Native of Battersea, London. Son of Laurence and Cecilia J.
Hyde, of Battersea, London. Panel 15, Column 1. |
| HYND |
John
Harry |
Lieutenant
(Pilot) 206056V, 7 Squadron, South African Air Force. Country
of service South Africa. Killed in action flying out of El Gamil,
Egypt, in a Supermarine Spitfire VC, serial number JG844, when
he was shot down by a Bf109 over the island of Kos in the Aegean
Sea 27 September 1943. Aged 20. Native of Boksburg, Transvaal,
South Africa. Son of Harry and Beryl D. Hynd, of Boksburg, Transvaal,
South Africa. Panel 12, Column 1. |
| HYNDMAN |
Orie
Frank |
Pilot
Officer (Air Gunner) J/85102, 179 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air
Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out
of Gibraltar in a Vickers Wellington XIV, serial number HF307,
when the aircraft was lost during an Anti-Submarine Warfare Leigh
Light patrol over the approaches to the Straits of Gibraltar 22
February 1944. Aged 22. Native of Rapid City, Manitoba, Canada.
Son of Frank Shaw Hyndman and Laura May Hyndman, of Rapid City,
Manitoba, Canada. Panel 16, Column 1. |
| HYSLOP |
Cyril
Dare Swan |
Sergeant
526270, 806 Squadron (serving in H.M.S. Illustrious), Royal Air
Force. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action at
sea in H.M.S. Illustrious which was damaged during an enemy air
raid when escorting a convoy east of Sicily 10 January 1941. Aged
26. Native of Edinburgh. Son of Jane Hyslop; husband of Evelyn
Lilian Hyslop, of Edinburgh. Panel 1, Column 2. |
| HYSLOP |
Robert
Ironside |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 778907, 223 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Pescara, Italy, in a Martin Baltimore when the aircraft
was hit by flak and crashed into the sea during a raid on Ancona
22 July 1944. Aged 34. Native of Chertsey, Surrey. Panel 14, Column
1. |
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