Hunt, Ernest Page (Sergeant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1942-October-13

Sergeant Ernest Page Hunt RCAF

Birth Date: 1915

Born:

Parents: Son of Ernest E Hunt and Florence E Hunt, of Summerland, British Columbia, Canada.

Spouse:

Home: Summerland, British Columbia

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

22 (OT) OTU- Operational Training Unit (RAF)

Base

RAF Wellbourne Mountford

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Wireless Operator/Air Gunner

Service Numbers

R/106511

Final Burial
Google MapStratford-On-Avon Cemetery
Grave 4081

22 Operational Training Unit, RAF Wellbourne Mountford. Wellington 1C aircraft DV 490 crashed at Preston-on-Stour, England, during a night training flight with the loss of three crew members

Sergeant EP Hunt (RCAF), FS WRC Sinclair (RCAF) and Pilot Officer RS Elsom (RAFVR) were killed in this flying accident

Sergeant DO Broughton (RCAF), survived, badly injured but would return to duty with 429 Bison Squadron. Sergeant Broughton would be killed 1943-05-13 in 429 Squadron Wellington HE 913 AL-L on a mission over Duisburg, Germany

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