The Airmen's Stories - P/O F N Cawse

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.