Hebbes, Arthur Percy
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Arthur Percy |
Surname | Hebbes |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | MiD |
Date of Death | 17-05-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Percy and Florence Maud Hebbes, of Faversham. Husband of Edith Norma Hebbes. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling III |
Serial Number | EE956 |
Markings |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Faversham Borough Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sec. D. Grave 709. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 47 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1449642 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 1661 HCU |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Miscellaneous Information
Mentioned in Despatches January 1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 17-05-1944 |
End Date | 18-05-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Winthorpe |
Day/Night Raid | Night (22% moon) |
Operation | Night navigation exercise |
Reason for Loss | Ran into very severe icing conditions and the aircraft went out of control before breaking up and crashing into a quarry at Rothwell in Northamptonshire |