In memory of

Flight Sergeant

George Chetwynd Heming

who died on 17 Apr 1943

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 408 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
  Rank Flight Sergeant
  Service number R120606
  Date of death 19430417
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  R120606 Flight Sergeant (No. 408 Goose Squadron RCAF pilot) George Chetwynd Heming (b.1922) of Moose Jaw was KIA 19430417 and is buried at Louppy-le-Chateau communal cemetery, Meuse, France. Heming's Halifax was shot down during his first operational mission, a major raid on the Skoda armaments works at Pilsen, Czech Republic. He was the son of Dempster Henry Ratcliffe and Kathleen Campbell (MacGregor) Heming. George was a student when he enlisted at Regina in 1941.

Three other Saskatchewan boys went down with him, see S Archie, D Zaleschuk and SJ Jorgensen.

Ironically Cecil Davis Heming, another Saskatchewan airman, died on the same day and in the same raid, but in a different plane.
       A Glossary of abbreviations to help understand the terms used is available.
Images
  Photo
TimesHerald ckipping
TimesHerald clipping
   Please click here if you have another photograph or document to add.
Additional information
  Links to other web pages Aircrew Remembered
Memorial - Moose Jaw

  Pages on our Blog Please click here if you would like to create a Blog page for this casualty.
Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 161 - Moose Jaw
  Cemetery or memorial location Louppy-le-Château communal cemetery, Meuse, France    

Please click here to view the cemetery/memorial information on Commonwealth War Graves Commission
  Honour roll location(s) Moose Jaw
  Geo-memorial Heming Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 54.1°N / 106.6667°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 73J2
  Geo-memorial details West of Kingsmerfe Lake in Prince Albert national park.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19220115
  Place of birth Moose Jaw    
  Date of enlistment 19410811
  Place of enlistment Regina    
  Residence on enlistment Moose Jaw    
  Occupation student
Copyright Information
  The information above is Copyright © Saskatchewan War Memorial Project; all rights reserved. Permission is granted to use this information for personal use and for use in a school classroom environment only. For all other uses, please submit a request through the Contact Form.