Personnel Index - Detail

Name
DEWHIRST
First Names
Alfred
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Service
RAF
Crew Position
Observer
Posting In
18/7/18
Posting Out
3/9/18

 

30th August 1918:
A DH9 (serial D3170) flown by 2/Lt S T Franks and Lt A Dewhirst was damaged by AA or enemy aircraft fire near to Bisigny railway station.
​Both crewmen were uninjured.

3rd September 1918:
A DH9 (serial E623) flown by 2/Lt Franks and Lt Dewhirst was attacked by enemy aircraft over Douai. The aircraft crash landed at 23 CCCS.....Canadian Casualty Clearing Station. Lt Dewhirst was wounded in the attack.