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Flight Sergeant

Hugh Kingsley Trewhella

Service number 614269
Military unit 150 Sqdn Royal Air Force
Address Unknown
Date of birth 27 Jan 1920
Date of death 11 May 1941 (21 years old)
Place of birth Marazion, Cornwall.
Employment, education or hobbies

Pre war RAF

Family history

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Military history

Wellington R1435 150 Sqn. Take off from RAF Newton to bomb shipyards, Altona power-station and city area of Hamburg.

Loss reason unknown all crew killed. 119 aircraft on raid 3 Wellingtons and a Whitley lost. Reports stated 128 fires, worst being in the city centre. Koster's department store, a bank and part of the Hamburg Stock Exchange destroyed by fire. 31 people killed, 151 injured and 873 made homeless.

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