William Ernest Hankin
Service number
1819276
Military unit
12 OTU Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Address
63, Gamble Street, Radford, Nottingham.
Date of birth
16 Oct 1924
Date of death
26 Aug 1944 (19 years old)
Place of birth
Nottingham
Employment, education or hobbies
He was an apprentice letter press printer in 1939.
- Family History
- Military history
- Extra information
- Photographs
Family history
He was the son of Frank and Maude Hankin and brother of Bernard Hankin of 63, Gamble Street, Radford, Nottingham. He was the stepson of Mrs MM Hankin of Nottingham.
Military history
He was a wireless operator killed aboard Wellington X LN293 during a training flight. No survivors. Fatalities: Hankin + Alwyn Blewett, David Douglas Evans, John Reginald Harvey and Frank Samuel Martin.
Extra information
Nottingham Evening Post 5/9/1944, Deaths:
'HANKIN - Bill,sgt navigator (sic) RAF, killed in August. True friendship is a bond nothing can sever. Remembrance from the boys at home and abroad.'
Photographs
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