Flying Officer W. J. Hart
1314282 / 125306
Died on active service, 3 February 1943. Aged 21.
______________________________________________________
William was born in 1922 in London the son of Sidney and Frances Hart. The family later moved to Weybridge. William attended the County School 1933-1939.
William enlisted as a leading aircraftsman and received his commission to Pilot Officer in June 1942 and was promoted to Flying Officer in December 1942.
On 3 February 1943 William was aboard a Halifax Mk II (DT503) of 1 Overseas Aircraft Despatch Unit on a ferry flight from RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire to Gibraltar. The plane took off at 0146 and was lost without trace together with its crew of seven and three RAF passengers. The pilot was Sgt. (Pilot) Raymond Connor, RNAF aged 27.
William was just 20 years old. He has no known grave and is remembered on the Air Force Memorial, Runnymede, Surrey (panel 125) and on the Woking County Grammar School roll of honour located in Christ Church, Woking.
______________________________________________________
Last updated 25 August 2009
Sources
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Woking News and Mail
No comments:
Post a Comment