Rank: Sergeant
Service Number: 745659
Trade: Pilot
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 213 Squadron.
Died: 28th November 1940
Age: 21 years old.
"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." (Winston Churchill, 20th Aug 1940) Hector was one of these 'Few', who participated in 'The Battle of Britain' during the Second World War.
Hector was the son of Alfred Hector Henry & Edith Ethel Barrow of Isleworth, Middlesex.
He was based at RAF Tangmere with 213 Squadron. He joined the RAFVR in April 1939 and flew in the Battle of Britain. He was reported "Missing" on the 28th November 1940 following a patrol from RAF Tangmere. It is thought his Hurricane was shot down by an ME109 and crashed into the sea. His body was washed up on the French coast near Omaha beach. He was just 21 years old.
He is commemorated on the Battle of Britain Monument in London and also the Battle of Britain Memorial at Capel-le-Ferne, Folkestone, Kent.
Service Number: 745659
Trade: Pilot
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 213 Squadron.
Died: 28th November 1940
Age: 21 years old.
"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." (Winston Churchill, 20th Aug 1940) Hector was one of these 'Few', who participated in 'The Battle of Britain' during the Second World War.
Hector was the son of Alfred Hector Henry & Edith Ethel Barrow of Isleworth, Middlesex.
He was based at RAF Tangmere with 213 Squadron. He joined the RAFVR in April 1939 and flew in the Battle of Britain. He was reported "Missing" on the 28th November 1940 following a patrol from RAF Tangmere. It is thought his Hurricane was shot down by an ME109 and crashed into the sea. His body was washed up on the French coast near Omaha beach. He was just 21 years old.
He is commemorated on the Battle of Britain Monument in London and also the Battle of Britain Memorial at Capel-le-Ferne, Folkestone, Kent.
Rank: Sergeant
Service Number: 745659
Trade: Pilot
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 213 Squadron.
Died: 28th November 1940
Age: 21 years old.
"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." (Winston Churchill, 20th Aug 1940) Hector was one of these 'Few', who participated in 'The Battle of Britain' during the Second World War.
Hector was the son of Alfred Hector Henry & Edith Ethel Barrow of Isleworth, Middlesex.
He was based at RAF Tangmere with 213 Squadron. He joined the RAFVR in April 1939 and flew in the Battle of Britain. He was reported "Missing" on the 28th November 1940 following a patrol from RAF Tangmere. It is thought his Hurricane was shot down by an ME109 and crashed into the sea. His body was washed up on the French coast near Omaha beach. He was just 21 years old.
He is commemorated on the Battle of Britain Monument in London and also the Battle of Britain Memorial at Capel-le-Ferne, Folkestone, Kent.
Service Number: 745659
Trade: Pilot
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 213 Squadron.
Died: 28th November 1940
Age: 21 years old.
"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." (Winston Churchill, 20th Aug 1940) Hector was one of these 'Few', who participated in 'The Battle of Britain' during the Second World War.
Hector was the son of Alfred Hector Henry & Edith Ethel Barrow of Isleworth, Middlesex.
He was based at RAF Tangmere with 213 Squadron. He joined the RAFVR in April 1939 and flew in the Battle of Britain. He was reported "Missing" on the 28th November 1940 following a patrol from RAF Tangmere. It is thought his Hurricane was shot down by an ME109 and crashed into the sea. His body was washed up on the French coast near Omaha beach. He was just 21 years old.
He is commemorated on the Battle of Britain Monument in London and also the Battle of Britain Memorial at Capel-le-Ferne, Folkestone, Kent.
Inscription
745659 SERGEANT
H.J.R. BARROW
PILOT
ROYAL AIR FORCE
28TH NOVEMBER 1940 AGE 21
IN EVERLOVING MEMORY.
WE WHO LOVED HIM,
SADLY MISS HIM.
MUM, DAD AND SISTERS
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