Alfred Stewart Hemming
Born17 August 1895[1]
Banbury, Oxfordshire, England
Died27 December 1920 (aged 25)[1]
Cape Town, South Africa
Allegiance Union of South Africa
Service/branchRoyal Air Force
RankCaptain
UnitNo. 41 Squadron RAF
AwardsDistinguished Flying Cross

Captain Alfred Stewart Hemming DFC (17 August 1895 – 27 December 1920) was an English World War I flying ace credited with eight aerial[2] victories.[3][4]:191

Hemming was born in Banbury, Oxfordshire, to William Hemming, a shopkeeper from Banbury, and Alison Hemming, from Yorkshire.[5] After his father's death in 1908, he moved to South Africa, where he attended high school. He was killed in an air crash in Cape Town, South Africa, in 1920.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 UK, RAF Officer Service Records, 1918-1919
  2. "1918 | 1248 | Flight Archive". www.flightglobal.com. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  3. "Alfred Stewart Hemming". www.theaerodrome.com. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  4. Shores, Christopher F. (1990). Above the Trenches: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915-1920. Grub Street. ISBN 0-948817-19-4.
  5. 1901 England Census


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