In Memory Of
DAVIES, HIRAM TOM
Service Details
Age:
20
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
1388039
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Unit:
76 Sqdn.
Regiment:
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
1944-03-02
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, Halifax LW629, target Stuttgart, 557 aircraft, 4 losses due mainly to the cloudy conditions preventing the night-fighters infiltrating the bomber stream. The target was also cloudy and crews were generally unable to gauge how successful the raid had been on their return. Several important industrial buildings were hit including the Bosch and Daimler-Benz works. Many other buildings damaged in recent raids were completely razed. 125 deaths and 510 injuries on the ground
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
1A. B. 17.
Cemetery:
CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY
Localitly:
Meurthe-et-Moselle
Country:
France
Additional Information
Son of Cpl. Hiram Morecroft Davies, 6th Middlesex Bn. Home Guard (died on active service. 11th September, 1940), and of Ethel Gwenllian Davies, of Bellevue, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa.
