Cawse, F N

Name on memorial: Cawse, F N
Memorial panel: Centre
Full name: Frederick Norman Cawse
Rank: Pilot Officer
Service details: 80543, 238 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Age at death: 25
Date of death: 11/08/1940
Birth place: Wolverhampton
Parents: Ernest Frederick and Emma Mary Cawse, of Bridgwater, Somerset
Mother's maiden name: Bolton
Parents' marriage details: Banbury Sep-14
Wife: unknown
Wife's maiden name: unknown
Marriage details: unknown
Cemetery: CAYEUX-SUR-MER COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Additional information:
Source: www.bbm.org.uk
Frederick Norman Cawse joined the RAFVR about March 1938 as an Airman u/t Pilot. Called up on 1st September 1939 he completed his training at 11 FTS, was commissioned on 8th June 1940 and then went to 6 OTU for conversion to Hurricanes. He joined 238 Squadron at Middle Wallop on July 7th 1940. He was killed on 11th August when he was shot down by a Me109 in a combat off Weymouth. His Hurricane, P3222, crashed into the sea. Cawse's body was later washed up on the French coast. He was 25 and is buried in the Cayeux-sur-Mer Communal Cemetery, France.

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