Hunter, Dwain Nowell
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Dwain Nowell |
Surname | Hunter |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 30-07-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Archibald Bruce Hunter and Florence Ida Hunter (née King), of Beaupre, Province of Quebec, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | ED782 |
Markings | QR-V |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Hamburg Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 4A. L. 8. |
Epitaph | HAPPILY I MET EACH DAY AND FEARED NOT DEATH, SO GRIEVE ME NOT, FOR NOW I REST IN PEACE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 53 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/55947 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 61 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Miscellaneous Information
Born 25/12/1922 Shawinigan Falls. He enlisted as a general hand and had served on 404Sqdn RCAF stationed at Sumburgh, Shetland, he had been a mess hand, he went to ACRC at Abbey Lodge and remustered to A/G and retrained at 1 AAS Manby. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/578/14 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/578/13 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 29-07-1943 |
End Date | 30-07-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Syerston |
Day/Night Raid | Night (4% moon) |
Operation | Hamburg |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night fighter flown by Oblt Gunther Stege of 8./NJG3 at 00.30hrs, crashing in the North Sea near the Frisian Islands, 30kms North East of Heligoland. |