Hewett, Norman Horace
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Norman Horace |
Surname | Hewett |
Gender | M |
Age | 24 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 05-04-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Horace Ernest Hewett and of Gertrude Amy Carey Hewett (Nee Ballinger), of Wellington City, New Zealand. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington X |
Serial Number | LN482 |
Markings | OP-B |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Oxford (Botley) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot I/2. Grave 195. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 48 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 425571 |
Service | Royal New Zealand Air Force |
Group | 92 |
Squadron | 17 OTU |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | New Zealand |
Other Memorials
Location | Village Centre, Silverstone, Northamptonshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Village Sign & Inscribed Slate Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of No. 17 OTU, Silverstone Airfield. 1943 - 1946 |
Location | Within Motor Racing Circuit, Silverstone, Northamptonshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Memorial Stone & Stencilled RoH |
Memorial Text | Per Ardua Ad Astra to those who served No.17 OTU R.A.F. Silverstone. 1943 - 1946 |
Location | Road Bridge over A43, Turweston, Northamptonshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Framed Scroll |
Memorial Text | Remembered with Honour, Bomber Command, 17 OTU, RAF Silverstone and RAF Turweston. 1943 - 1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 05-04-1944 |
End Date | 05-04-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Oakley |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Training - Cross Country |
Reason for Loss | Aircraft took off from Oakley at 1255 hrs for a two and a half hour cross country exercise. Aircraft lost control while flying in cloud and broke up circa 1230 to 1300 hrs over fields on Poplars farm Rothersthorpe, Northampton. There were no survivors |