In Memory Of

HASTINGS, ARTHUR JAMES

Service Details
Age:
23
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
99671V
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit:
31 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1944-08-17
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, 8 crew (1 RAF), exploded in mid-air over Warsaw, Poland while dropping supplies to Polish Home Army Partisans, in Warsaw, Poland, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #EW248
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
1. B. 4.
Cemetery:
KRAKOW RAKOWICKI CEMETERY
Country:
Poland
Additional Information
Son of the late Charles Hastings and Lily Moody (formerly Hastins), of P. O. Grabouw, Cape Province, South Africa. Born Woodstock. A civil servant with Inland Revenue Department Pretoria by profession