The son of George James Hackett and Kate Annie Hackett, of London, Ontario., living on Delaware Ave., Chatham, ON.

James’ family moved to Chatham in 1926 and were living at 6 Delaware Ave., Chatham, ON. He attended McKeough School graduating to Chatham Collegiate Institute and attended CVS from 1933 to 1936 and was attending Harbord Collegiate in Toronto when the war broke out.

Prior to his enlisting in the RCAF James was employed at the Massey Harris Company. He was well known throughout the county.

It was reported that Lieutenant Hackett was returning to “the coast” after visiting with his father in July 1942. CDN 29/06/42

First word that P/O Hackett was missing received by his parents in mid-September, indicating that plane that he was flying on had disappeared in a wild section of Nova Scotia on 13 September. No traces of the aircraft had been found to date. P/O Hacket was a wireless air gunner at the time of his disappearance.   

Age: 22, DOAA –Date of Death: 13/09/1942, in a Hudson aircraft # AM 765, took off on a night cross-country training exercise and crashed into the sea. Also lost was P/O R. A. Clark RAF and Sgt. J. M. Johnson. Additional information:   Son of George James Hackett and Kate Annie Hackett, of London, Ontario.

The CDN 17/04/43 reported that P/O. previously reported missing is now presumed dead for official purposes. The appeared in the 557^th Air Force casualty list.

The Toronto Globe and Mail reported in their “Memorialized section of the paper (date unknown) that James was killed in an accident during flying. – Operation Picture Me.

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Sources	They Shall Grow Not Old, ATNCB, CVWM, IODE(N), VR(P), CCI-RH
Supplemental Information	Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead, Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 1. Column 4. Memorial: OTTAWA MEMORIAL.

Age

22

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