Charles D Hewes

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. His Mustang P-51D 44-15455 was seen to spiral out of formation while climbing through a cloud bank. Crashed in a moor in Tinholt, Germany, Lt Hewes suffered a fractured spine. Captured and sent to a hospital, he later died in captivity on 13-Feb-45. POW/KIA. MACR 11312.



Awards: DFC, AM (OLC), PH, POW.

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Units served with

Aircraft

44-14125

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron

44-15455

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Biloxi, Mississippi, USA 10 March 1921

Other

Assigned

Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK 28 October 1944 - 18 December 1944 Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Hospitalized

Germany 18 December 1944 - 13 February 1945 Captured with spine injury, hospitalized. Died in captivity.

Other

Crash landed

Tinholt, 49846 Hoogstede, Germany 18 December 1944 seen to spiral out of formation while climbing through a cloud bank. Crashed in a moor in Tinholt, Germany, Lt Hewes suffered a fractured spine. Captured and sent to a hospital. POW. MACR 11312.

Died

Germany 12 February 1945

Buried

Biloxi, MS, USA

Enlisted

Mississippi, USA

Revisions

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http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmacr.asp?MACR=11312&Submit=Go
https://www.fold3.com/image/30324215
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=HEWES&GSfn=Charle…;

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Contributorjheintz
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http://www.abmc.gov/search-abmc-burials-and-memorializations/detail/WWI…

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11312 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list