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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
Alfred Stewart Hemming | |
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Born | 17 August 1895[1] Banbury, Oxfordshire, England |
Died | 27 December 1920 (aged 25)[1] Cape Town, South Africa |
Allegiance | Union of South Africa |
Service/ | Royal Air Force |
Rank | Captain |
Unit | No. 41 Squadron RAF |
Awards | Distinguished Flying Cross |
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]
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