Howard Dudley Foott Hewett
Memorial: Winterbourne Down - All Saints' Church
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Medals: 1939–45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Sergeant 623561
Marital status: Married
Home address: Leicester
Date of birth: 1919
Date of death: 22/01/1941
Buried/Commemorated at: No known burials site but commemorated on Runnymede Memorial (Panel 45), Surrey and All Saints Winterbourne Down Memorial
Age: 21
Further information:
22 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Howard was killed when his aircraft Beaufort N1151 of 22 Squadron became lost on a patrol to Terschelling, an island off the Netherlands, strategically important to the Germans. He and his crew were listed as missing in action in January. The status was changed to presumed killed in September. Howard married Hazel McLaren in Leicester at the end of 1940 and had only been married a couple of months when he went missing.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=N1151
http://www.bbm.org.uk/airmen/Castle.htm