Fetherston, William Hugh
Personal Information
Rank | F/L |
Forename(s) | William Hugh |
Surname | Fetherston |
Gender | M |
Age | 25 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 04-04-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Hugh and Alma Fetherston. Husband of Helen Clark Fetherston, of Forest Hill Village, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Miles Magister I |
Serial Number | L8162 |
Markings | -K |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Barmby-On-The-Moor (St. Catherine) Churchyard |
Grave Reference | Row E. Grave 4. |
Epitaph | FATHER, IN THY GRACIOUS KEEPING LEAVE WE NOW THY SERVANT SLEEPING |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 163 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/4530 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 405 (Vancouver) |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to Village Windmill, Mill Rd, Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone with inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Remembering 405 (Vancouver) Sqn. PFF at Gransden Lodge 1942 - 1945 |
Location | St. Bartholomew's Church, Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window, RoH and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating the 801 airmen of 405 Sqn. RCAF who gave their lives 1941 - 1945 |
Location | Pocklington Gliding Club, Pocklington Airfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Marble Pillar and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of 102 (Ceylon) and 405 (Vancouver) Sqns. Pocklington Airfield |
Miscellaneous Information
Known as "Fethers" |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1787/22 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1787/21 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 04-04-1942 |
End Date | 04-04-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Pocklington |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Training- aerobatic manoeuvers |
Reason for Loss | Dived into the ground |