Service Details
Name:
 NOTTINGHAM
Given Name:
 HUGH WILLIAMS
Initials:
 H W
Service No:
 97291V
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 203 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1943-07-13
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Age:
 30
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, whilst a POW, Baltimore III AG917, took off at 1115 piloted by Lt H W Nottingham SAAF, accompanied by two Beaufighters. Hit by flak during the strike, only the pilot succeeded in baling out before it plunged into the sea off Crete. His three crew are commemorated on the Alamein Memorial, while Nottingham, who was apparently injured or wounded, died in captivity three days later
Additional
Information:
Son of Fred and Edith Nottingham, of Yeoville, Johannesburg. Husband of Patricia Elaine Nottingham, of Johannesburg. Born Greytown, Natal. A quantity surveyor.
Commemoration
Country:
 Greece
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Cemetery:
 PHALERON WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 7. A. 17.

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