In Memory Of

HEWETSON, JAMES CECIL WILLIAM

Service Details
Age:
 22
Date of Birth:
 1921-02-21
Service No:
 80457
Rank:
 Pilot Officer
Unit:
 39 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
 1943-02-25
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, went down with his aircraft after ditching, the rest of the crew survived to become POWs
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 7, Column 1.
Cemetery:
 MALTA MEMORIAL
Country:
 Malta
Additional Information
Decorations:
 Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 LG Sup 11 June 1942 pg. 2525
Son of Mrs. M. L. Hewetson, of Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia. He was born at Duns, Berwick, on February 21st, 1921, and entered Lloyd House in September 1935. He matriculated in December, 1938, and then entered the Public Works Department, Salisbury, attesting in the Royal Air Force in November 1940. He received preliminary training in Southern Rhodesia and the Union before proceeding overseas in August 1941. On Plumtree School Roll of Honour