Pilot Officer OC Hume
Oliver Carlisle Hume
- Rank
- Pilot Officer
- Squadron
- No 57 Squadron
- Fate
- Killed in a flying accident, 23 November 1939
- In the book
- Pages 33, 96
Stories that mention him
- How six young South Africans joined the RAFLinks of Long Standing
From the book
The Dreaded Telegram
Weekly issues of “The London Gazette”, first published in 1665, announced British military appointments, awards and promotions during the Second World War. South African airmen were a fractional percentage of the announcements. The 1938 January 25th and June 14th issues included Oliver Carlisle Hume, Norman Leonard Lewis, John Ing and Harold Rosofsky. By sad coincidence, all early casualties. Eighteen-year-old Hume from Port Elizabeth and Lewis, who was from Johannesburg, commissioned as “acting Pilot Officers on probation” in January with service numbers 40394 and 40399.
The Dreaded Telegram
Pilot Officer Oliver Hume was serving with the “Advanced Air Striking Force” in France when he lost his life on November 23rd after his No. 57 Squadron Blenheim hit a tent, regained height allowing the crew to escape, stalled, and then crashed 10. Charles and Susara Hume received a “Regret to inform you...” Air Ministry telegram in Port Elizabeth on November 25th confirming their son had been killed in a flying accident.