Hume, George William
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | George William |
Surname | Hume |
Gender | M |
Age | |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 13-05-1944 |
Next of Kin |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | de Havilland Mosquito IV |
Serial Number | DZ638 |
Markings | P3- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Hamburg Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 5A. G. 12. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 186 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 173448 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 692 (Fellowship of the Bellows) |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to former Main Entrance, Graveley, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone Inscribed Slate Tablet |
Memorial Text | A memorial to 692 Sqn and 35 Sqn which flew from RAF Graveley during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/650/39 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2216/7 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 12-05-1944 |
End Date | 13-05-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Graveley |
Day/Night Raid | Night (77% moon) |
Operation | Mine laying in Kiel Kanal. 22 Mosquitoes in an opportunistic raid after intelligence was received stating that the flak batteries had been removed from the locale. 20 of the aircraft successfully laid their mines, 1 aircraft was Lost |
Reason for Loss | Thought to have been shot down by a night-fighter. Crashed near Kaiser-Wilhelm Kanal |