Billens, Hewitt Elliot
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Hewitt Elliot |
Surname | Billens |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 23-04-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Robert Hewitt Billens and Myra Billens, of Palmerston North, Wellington, New Zealand. Husband of Joan Barbara Billens. of Palmerston North. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling III |
Serial Number | EH943 |
Markings | OJ-B |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Cuissy-et-Geny Churchyard |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 131 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 428180 |
Service | Royal New Zealand Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 149 (East India) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | New Zealand |
Other Memorials
Location | St. George's Church, Methwold, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Roll of Honour & inscribed window |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour of 149 Sqn RAF and a window remembering the men and women of all Nations who served at RAF Methwold, 1939-1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1004/8 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1004/7 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 22-04-1944 |
End Date | 23-04-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Lakenheath |
Day/Night Raid | Night (0% moon) |
Operation | Laon- to bomb railway yards. 181 aircraft, 9 losses (5.0%). A two-wave attack that caused much damage to the railway yards. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Cuissy-et-Geny, SSE of Laon, France |