Hollowell, Ernest Maurice
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Ernest Maurice |
Surname | Hollowell |
Gender | M |
Age | 34 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 01-03-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Thomas and Frances Matilda Hollowell. of Kingsthorpe, Northampton. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington III |
Serial Number | Z1724 |
Markings | PT-C |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Northampton (Kingsthorpe) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sec. 302. Grave 11206. |
Epitaph | LOVED BY ALL, HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT WE MIGHT LIVE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 183 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 135418 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 420 (Snowy Owl) |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Outside former St. Georges Hotel, Teesside Airport, County Durham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Tablet on Memorial Stone |
Memorial Text | In memory of those who served at RAF Croft, 1941-1945 including 420 Sqn RCAF |
Location | Village Green, Tholthorpe, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial, inscribed Metal Plaque and Maple Tree |
Memorial Text | A memorial, in English & French, to those Canadians who served at RAF Tholthorpe during WW2, including 420 (RCAF) Sqn |
Location | Former Control Tower, Tholthorpe Airfield, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those Canadians who served at RAF Tholthorpe during WW2, including 420 Sqn |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1825/26 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1825/25 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 01-03-1943 |
End Date | 01-03-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Middleton St. George |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Training |
Reason for Loss | Wing surface partially stripped back in slipstream causing the aircraft to roll onto its back and the port wing to detach, causing it to dive into the ground. |