Spencer Hewitt Amys (1921 - 1943)

Biography

Spencer was born December 5, 1921 in Peterborough, Ontario, where he lived his early life. He was the son of Dr. Charles Hewitt Amys and Mary Elizabeth (Lipsett) Amys of Peterborough.

He attended Peterborough Collegiate at the time he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force on Nov 5, 1941 in Toronto. He served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II.^[1]

In 1943, he was attached to the 22nd Overseas Training Unit, a unit formed in April 1941 at RAF Wellesbourne Mountford to train night bomber crews on Vickers Wellington bomber aircraft.^[2] On Feb 13 of that year, he was piloting a Wellington III with 8 other military personnel onboard when it was lost in a crash. All were interred at Stratford-Upon-Avon Cemetery, Warwickshire, United Kingdom. He was barely 21 years of age.^[3][1][4][5]

Full Crew List of RAF HF759:

• Pilot Officer Spencer Hewitt Amys, Navigator
• Sergant Russell Charles Heath Boulton, Navigator
• Sergant John Gilbert Campbell, Navigator
• Warrant Officer Class I Leonard Stanley Carpenter, Pilot
• Flight Sergeant Laurence Michael Fleming, Wireless Operator
• Pilot Officer Michael Stein Jacobs, Navigator
• Sergeant Roy Kennedy, Air Gunner
• Warrant Officer Class II George Andrew Molozzi, Air Observe
• Sergeant Arthur Nathaniel Edward, Pilot

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} CANADIAN VIRTUAL WAR MEMORIAL https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2714889 Accessed 25 June 2021.
2. ↑ List of Royal Air Force Operational Training Units, Wikipedia
3. ↑ Aircraft Loss Entry Database, RAFCommands.com
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #98180900, Pilot Officer Spencer Hewitt Amys (1921-1943)
5. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVCH-KQBV : 4 September 2014), Spencer H Amys, 1943; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Stratford On Avon, Warwickshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.

See Also:

• "Canada, World War II Records and Service Files of War Dead, 1939-1947", Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Canada; Service Files of the Second World War - War Dead, 1939-1947; Series: RG 24; Volume: 24739, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 9145 #57106 (accessed 6 November 2023), Name: Spencer Hewitt Amys; Birth Date: 5 Dec 1921; Birth Place: Peterborough, Ontario; Residence Place: Peterborough, Ont; Death Date: 13 Feb 1943; Service Number: J22362; Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force; Rank: Pilot Officer; Next of Kin: Mary Elizabeth Amys; Relationship: Mother.
• "Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1949", Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Collection: Ms944; Series: 4, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 8946 #1631162 (accessed 6 November 2023), Spencer Hewitt Amys death Feb 1943 (age 21) in Overseas (Military).