Hill, Swante Oliver
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Swante Oliver |
Surname | Hill |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 29-07-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Wains and Lempi Hill. Husband of Bessie Hill, of Norwich. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Bristol Blenheim IV |
Serial Number | Z7344 |
Markings | EV- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Sage War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 4. D. 13. |
Epitaph | NIGHT SHALL FOLD HIM IN SOFT WINGS |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 182 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/16087 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 2 |
Squadron | 18 (Burma) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/244/8 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/244/7 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 28-07-1942 |
End Date | 29-07-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Wattisham |
Day/Night Raid | Night (98% moon) |
Operation | Intruder duties |
Reason for Loss | Coned by searchlights from a marine flak battery as the aircraft approached Sengwarden, Wilhelmshaven and hit by light flak. Crashed into a ditch just outside Sengwarden and caught fire. The local fire brigade attended the scene and extinguished the flames. The post-war investigation casts expresses the possibility that the bodies could have been mixed up when they laid to rest. |