James William Hallam
Service number
1819415
Military unit
17 OTU Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Address
67, City Road, Beeston, Nottingham.
Date of birth
16 Oct 1924
Date of death
18 Sep 1943 (18 years old)
Place of birth
Birth registered in Basford district of Nottinghamshire
Employment, education or hobbies
In 1939, he was a silk hosiery article counter.
- Family History
- Military history
- Extra information
- Photographs
Family history
He was the son of Cecil and Hannah Hallam and the brother of Joyce and Mary Hallam of 67, City Road, Beeston, Nottingham.
Military history
Wellington X HE324
Took off at 23:25 from RAF Silverstone for a night cross-country ('Bullseye') exercise where they would conduct a 'special T.I. (Target Indicator) demonstration' 1hr 49mins into the exercise control was lost of the aircraft while in cloud, and crashed at 00:54 at East Burton Farm near Horwood, 5 miles SW from Barnstaple, Devon.
No survivors. Fatalities: Hallam + NN Dunn, J Donnachie, H Farrer, RE Dolling, JA Newnham
Extra information
Unknown
Photographs
Photo of James William Hallam
Photograph of Sergeant, James William Hallam's headstone in Beeston Cemetery, Beeston, Nottingham by Gary Crosby on the 27th November 2020.