In Memory Of

NOTTINGHAM, HUGH WILLIAMS

Service Details
Age:
 30
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 97291V
Rank:
 Lieutenant
Unit:
 203 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 South African Air Force
Date of Death:
 1943-07-13
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
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 7. A. 17.
Cemetery:
 PHALERON WAR CEMETERY
Country:
 Greece
Additional Information
Son of Fred and Edith Nottingham, of Yeoville, Johannesburg. Husband of Patricia Elaine Nottingham, of Johannesburg. Born Greytown, Natal. A quantity surveyor.