HOWELL, Hubert Edward Maxwell
| Service Number: | 400304 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 18 August 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 4 Initial Training School Victor Harbor |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 22 January 1914 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Natural causes, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 23 May 1996, aged 82 years |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 18 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force | |
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| 18 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 400304 | |
| 15 May 1945: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, No. 4 Initial Training School Victor Harbor | |
| 15 May 1945: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 400304 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Flying Officer, 400304 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Hubert Edward (Ted) Howell died on the 23rd of May 1996 - Death Notice in The Age (Melbourne)
In October 1942 he was on board RAF Wellington bomber HX775 which crash-landed on Las Palmas Island in the Canary Islands with all of the crew interned by Spanish authorities until March 1943 - the RAAF crewmen were:
Sergeant Hubert Edward Maxwell Howell 400304 - discharged in May 1945 with the rank of Flying Officer
Sergeant Donald Drew Gardner 416257 - discharged in March 1945 with the rank of Flying Officer
Sergeant John Hudson Wilkinson 400444 - KIA in August 1944 over Zielkeim, East Prussia (Germany) in 83 Squadron RAF Lancaster PB249 (rank: Flight Lieutenant)