Aubrey Edward Hewatt
Military
Object Number - UPL 21060 - 2nd Lt Aubrey E Hewatt 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.
Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down by an Bf109 on escort mission to Magdeburg in P-51B 43-6933. Hit by cannon fire which caused the A/C to break up in flames, Hewatt abandoned A/C which crashed at Barnstadt, Germany. POW. 28-May-44. MACR 5397.
Awards: AM, PH, POW, WWII Victory.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 28 May 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
12 December 1918 | Son of Benjamin Franklin and Lillie B Hewatt. | |
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Other Assigned |
17 April 1944 - 28 May 1944 | Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. | |
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Other Shot Down / Bailed Out |
28 May 1944 | Shot down by an Bf109 on escort mission to Magdeburg in P-51B 43-6933. Hit by cannon fire which caused the A/C to break up in flames, Hewatt abandoned A/C which crashed at Barnstadt, Germany. POW. 28-May-44. MACR 5397. | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
28 May 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. | |
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Died |
8 July 2007 | ||
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Buried |
Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Arlington County Virginia, USA. |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5397 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
