Sewell, Horace Arthur William
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Horace Arthur William |
Surname | Sewell |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 28-06-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Horace and Mary Ann Sewell, of Eastbourne. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling I |
Serial Number | N3751 |
Markings | BU-P |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Eastbourne (Ocklynge) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot Z. Grave 670. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 239 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1330947 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 214 (Federated Malay States) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Outside former Officers Mess, Stradishall, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial with Inscribed Marble Tablets |
Memorial Text | To commemorate 32 years of service by the men and women of R.A.F. Stradishall 1938 - 1970 |
Location | All Saints Church, Chedburgh, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Plaques and RoH within wooden case |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and scroll remembering the members of the Royal and Polish Air Forces who served at RAF Chedburgh 1942 - 1946 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 27-06-1942 |
End Date | 28-06-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Stradishall |
Day/Night Raid | Night (99% moon) |
Operation | Bremen. 144 aircraft in this second of three attacks in a week on this target. Gee was used to blind-bomb through complete cloud cover. Atlas Werke and the Korff refinery were hit for a second time, the first being the Thousand Radi two days earlier. |
Reason for Loss | Badly damaged by both flak and fighters, the aircraft's landing gear failed to deploy on return to base. Sgt Sewell was killed during the earlier attacks. All surviving crew received the DFM |