In Memory Of

HIND, IVAN FRANK

Service Details
Age:
 25
Date of Birth:
 1892-10-20
Rank:
 Captain
Unit:
 40th Sqdn.
Regiment:
 Royal Air Force
Date of Death:
 1918-08-12
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, shot down by Ernst Udet of Jasta 4.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 I. C. 35.
Cemetery:
 PERONNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Localitly:
 Somme
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Son of Charles Greenway Hind and Ada S. Hind, of Naboomspruit, Transvaal. Born at Johannesburg. On Bezuidenhout Valley War Memorial. Ivan Frank Hind joined the Royal Flying Corps in May 1917. By August of 1918, he was a flight commander with 40 Squadron, flying the S.E.5a. In an encounter with a Fokker D.VII on 25 July 1918, he shot down Josef Raesch of Jasta 43. Less than a month later, Hind was killed when he was shot down by Ernst Udet of Jasta 4. Credited with 8 victories.