Herald - Issue 412

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Flight Lieutenant Nicolson VC was killed in a crash in the sea, o Burma in 1945. e second pilot to lose his life in the Battle of Britain over Southampton, who is buried in our graveyard, was Flying O cer John Reginald Hardacre. John was born in Aston, Birmingham on 26th June 1916 to James and Marion Hardacre. He had an elder brother Bertram James who was born in 1910. Just as Martyn Aurel King had done, John joined the Royal Airforce on a short service commission, in October 1938 and served with 504 Squadron in France in May 1940. On 15th May he claimed a Junkers 87 and a Junkers 88 which he destroyed. On 16th May 1940 he was shot down twice. e rst time he crashed landed in a eld and the second time he baled out safely from of his burning aircra . ree days later he damaged a Messerschmitt 109. An exciting week!!!! e squadron was then withdrawn from Dinard, on the Cherbourg peninsular, and operated from Jersey on the Channel Islands to cover the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Cherbourg. e squadron was removed to Croydon on 21st May 1940. His log book records that he destroyed a Me110 on 7th September and a Dornier 17 on the 15th September. went into combat but he was shot down o of the south coast over Weymouth. His Hurricane P 3414 crashed into the sea, and his body eventually washed ashore on 10th October. He is buried in a plot adjacent to Martyn Aurel King. ere was also a third Battle of Britain pilot buried in the All Saint’s Churchyard. He was a German Lu wa e air crew gunner, Untero zier Walter Schmidt. He was killed on the 26th September 1940 at 17:40 hrs, when his Messerschmitt BF110 C-5 and was shot down by a ghter, during a reconnaissance mission over the channel. e aircra crashed into the sea at Salt Mead Ledge, West of Cowes on the Isle of Wight. Lt. Pank and Walter Schmidt were killed. Lt Pank‘s body was never recovered, but Walter was taken to All Saint’s Church, Fawley. He was laid to rest in the graveyard until 1960 when his body was moved to Cannock Chase German Military Cemetery, plot 6, Row 16, grave 319. is is the cemetery where the dead German servicemen were all moved to a er WW2. ALL SAINTS CHURCH, FAWLEY Flying Officer John Reginald Hardacre Continued from page 24 On the 30th September his Squadron 504 was scrambled from RAF Filton near Bristol. John Hampshire County Council has registered a formal expression of interest to the Secretary of State for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, to be one of the early pilots for a County Deal. e Prime Minister, Boris Johnson announced ‘County Deals’ as part of his vision for ‘levelling up’ across the UK with the aim of bene tting local communities. Government has asked for expressions of interest for County Deals by quick return. Leader of Hampshire County Council, Councillor Keith Mans explained: “In setting out his vision for County Deals in July, the Prime Minister highlighted how these aim to bring decisions and powers closer to people and places. They aim to deliver the best possible deal for local residents at a local level and give places the tools they need to transform and pilot new ideas, create more jobs, drive growth in the economy, improve public services, boost transport, infrastructure and housing, and tackle climate change – the list goes on. This is clearly a very exciting, once-in- a-generation opportunity for Hampshire and the wider geographic and economic area, to build on our collective strengths and boost Hampshire as a whole, to help benefit the lives and opportunities of our residents. By expressing our interest now, this commits us to nothing at this stage, but it’s an opportunity we must pursue at pace, for the good of the people of Hampshire. We now wait to hear from Government, their response. In the meantime, we will be discussing with our borough and district partners their priorities should the Government’s response be a positive one. We will also be engaging with our neighbouring local authorities in a similar way.” A new County Deal for Hampshire Residents