Service Details
Name:
 HEWETSON
Given Name:
 JAMES CECIL WILLIAM
Initials:
 J C W
Service No:
 80457
Rank:
 Pilot Officer
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Unit:
 39 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1943-02-25
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Date of Birth:
 1921-02-21
Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, went down with his aircraft after ditching, the rest of the crew survived to become POWs
Decorations:
 Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 LG Sup 11 June 1942 pg. 2525
Additional
Information:
Son of Mrs. M. L. Hewetson, of Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia. He was born at Duns, Berwick, on February 21st, 1921, and entered Lloyd House in September 1935. He matriculated in December, 1938, and then entered the Public Works Department, Salisbury, attesting in the Royal Air Force in November 1940. He received preliminary training in Southern Rhodesia and the Union before proceeding overseas in August 1941. On Plumtree School Roll of Honour
Commemoration
Country:
 Malta
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Cemetery:
 MALTA MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 7, Column 1.

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