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Name: E HEWITT
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 778 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Landrail, Machrihanish
Date of death: 1942-12-27
Aircraft: Swordfish HS 192
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: SHEFFIELD (ABBEY LANE) CEMETERY - Yorkshire
Commemoration details: Section A, Gen, Grave 82
Family details: Son of William Henry Hewitt and of Elizabeth Hewitt (nee Wilkinson), of Sheffield
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 778 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Landrail, Machrihanish
Date of death: 1942-12-27
Aircraft: Swordfish HS 192
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: SHEFFIELD (ABBEY LANE) CEMETERY - Yorkshire
Commemoration details: Section A, Gen, Grave 82
Family details: Son of William Henry Hewitt and of Elizabeth Hewitt (nee Wilkinson), of Sheffield
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