Hyman’s age and family details are unknown. An obituary in the Jewish Chronicle of 1942 states that his mother is Mrs Friedman of Johannesburg and his brother Mr A Freeman lives at 210 Evelyn Court, Amhurst Road, E8.

AIR 81/10873 states: Sergeant H Freeman, Flying Officer D L Skinner, Sergeant N Maddox, Sergeant J Marsland, Sergeant C E Newman, Sergeant R M D McLeod: missing believed killed; aircraft failed to return from operational flight over Derna, Libya, Wellington Z8333, 148 Squadron, 10 December 1941.

Uncorroborated reports state: ‘The aircraft was found in a salt marsh and the bodies were buried nearby on the sea shore nr Derna Rd in the Western Desert Libya.’