Ernest (Jack) Hicks
Memorial: Coalpit Heath - St Saviour's Church
Regiment: Indian Army Corps
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Major
Marital status: Married
Home address: He and his wife, Mary lived at 173 Ross Road, Hereford.
Pre-war occupation: Professional Mechanical and Chemical Plant Engineer involved in the design of ordnance
Date of birth: 25/11/1911
Date of death: 04/08/1944
Buried/Commemorated at: Ranchi War Cemetery, India and commemorated
Age: 32
Further information:
Indian Army Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
Trained at Northwich and Manchester and graduated in 1937 from the Institute of Mechanical Engineers. He had one daughter. In 1940 he was granted a commission as lieutenant in the Indian Army Ordnance Corps. Hicks was on a routine mail flight as a passenger on a Douglas Dakota 111 between Calcutta and Dehli. The plane hit a thunderstorm, the pilot lost control and the plane broke up. All 18 people on board were killed. The accident was thought to have been due to a combination of pilot fatigue and a non-functional artificial horizon meter on the plane control panel.
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This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
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https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Ernest_Hicks
http://aircrewremembered.com/forman-david-crawford.html