Hubert Luiz Flower

1921 - 2015  (93 years)

• Name	Hubert Luiz Flower
  Birth	24 Nov 1921	Balla Salla, Isle of Man
  Gender	Male
  Death	16 Apr 2015	High Peck, Derbyshire, England
  Person ID	I173	Lineage
  Last Modified	7 May 2021

  
  

  Father	John Harley Flower,   b. 18 Mar 1886, Altringham, Cheshire, UK bur. 13 Aug 1965, Purewa Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand (Age ~ 79 years)
  Mother	Harriet Constance Delamere Kew,   b. 6 Jan 1886, Altrincham, Cheshire, England d. 1976, New Zealand (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	1919	Bucklow, Cheshire, England
  Photos » Slide Show		Connie and John Flower Wedding Photo
  		Jack and Connie Wedding 1919
  		The Flower Family - early 1940s Bernard, Luiz, Jack, Connie, Oliver, Kenneth
  Family ID	F82	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 24 Nov 1921 - Balla Salla, Isle of Man Death - 16 Apr 2015 - High Peck, Derbyshire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Luiz, Bernard and Oliver Flower Standing: Luiz Flower, Bernard Flower and Oliver Flower Seated: May Wilkin, Dorothy Flower, Connie Flower, Nina Wilkin
  		Luiz Flower memorial ceremony Heroes: Battle of Britain pilots posed for a photo with Prince Charles at Clarence House in London. Left back: Sqn Ldr Tony Iveson, Wg Cdr Dick Summers, Luiz Flower, Wg Cdr Bob Foster, Prince of Wales, Sqn Ldr Wellum, Flt Lt Ronald Smyth, Flt Lt William Walker. Front, Fg Off Ken Wilkinson, Wg Cdr TNeil, Flt Lt Owen Burns, Sqn Ldr Graham Leggett,…
  		WO Luiz Flower
  		Flower and Wilkin II Top row: Ken, Luiz, Bernard Flower Bottom row: May Wilkin, Meg?, Connie Flower, Oliver Flower, Nina Wilkin
  		Flower and Wilkin III Back row: Connie Flower, eldest Armstrong girl, May Wilkin, Ken Flower, Luiz and Bernard Flower, Armstrong boy, Mr and Mrs Armstrong(son of Thomas Armstrong) Seated: Nina Wilkin, Armstrong boy, Dorothy Flower, Armstrong boy, Oliver Flower,
  		Louis Fower, Oliver and Bernard. Louis Fower, Oliver Flower and Bernard Flower
  		The Flower Family - early 1940s Bernard, Luiz, Jack, Connie, Oliver, Kenneth
  		Bernard, Oliver and Luiz Bernard (left) and Luiz (right) seeing Oliver (Center) off to India 1949

  
  

• Notes

  Hubert Luiz Flower (always known as Luiz) 24.11.1921- 17.04.2015. Hubert Luiz Flower was born in Balla Salla in the Isle of Man on the 24th November 1921 to Connie and Jack Flower. He was the second of four boys and was the last surviving sibling. He joined the RAF in 1939 flying in Bristol Blenheims as a navigator bomber and wireless operator throughout the Second World War. He only realised that he was one of the Few about twenty years ago when he received one of the special medals that were awarded to Battle of Britain crew. He was the youngest airman to fly in the Battle of Britain flying in over 120 sorties. Luiz met his first wife Eve when stationed in Scotland and they had a son, Colin. Luiz Flower and his friend Harry Rose flew together in the Berlin airlift after the war. Luiz completed 103 sorties carrying coal to Berlin. After the war Luiz studied at the London School of Economics and was recruited by the colonial service. He met his second wife Jutta and they had three daughters, Petra, Deirdre and Hilary. Luiz took his young family to Sierra Leone in 1951 serving there for ten years until independence in 1961. While working for the Sierra Leoneon government, he studied as an external candidate for a law degree and was called to the bar at Grey's Inn. He met his third wife Mina in Sierra Leone and had two children, Judith and James. He returned to England in 1966 and started working as a Crown Prosecutor for Custom and Excise. He then became the Courts Administrator for the North of England working in Leeds, Sheffield and Manchester. He retired in 1981, meeting his wife Clara, who shared the same pastimes as him of music and walking. They walked in the Himalayas together and have spent the last twenty seven years, happily hopping all over the world together. He sadly died on 17th April 2015. The Airmen's Stories - Sgt. H L Flower Hubert Luiz Flower was born at Ballasalla, Isle of Man on 24th November 1921. He joined the RAF as a Boy Entrant in September 1937 for training as a Wireless Operator. He later carried out training as an Air Gunner and joined 248 Squadron at Sumburgh on 26th July 1940 as a WOp/AG. He flew 126 sorties with Coastal Command. His subsequent service is currently undocumented until 1945, when Flower was serving with West African Communication Command. He retired as a Master Signaller with the rank of Warrant Officer. During the Berlin Airlift in 1948 he flew 103 sorties with 27 Squadron. In 1952 Flower graduated from the London School of Economics and then served in the Colonial Service, retiring in 1965 as Provincial Commissioner for the Northern Province of Sierra Leone. He was called to the Bar in 1967 and was then in the Solicitors Office of HM Customs and Excise. Flower transferred to the Lord Chancellor's Department and retired in 1982 as Deputy Circuit Administrator, Northern Province. Flower did not claim his Battle of Britain Clasp until June 1999. He died in April 2015 Hubert Luiz Flower who flew in the Battle of Britain as a wireless operator/air gunner in Blenheims of 248 Squadron, reports Geoff Simpson. Luiz Flower was born on 24 November 1921 at Ballasalla, in the south east of the Isle of Man. His date of birth makes him one of the youngest men to fly in the Battle, but with many dates of birth unknown and new participants discovered, it cannot be certain that he was the youngest. Flower joined the RAF as a boy entrant in September 1937 and trained as a wireless operator. He went on to receive air gunner training and joined 248 Squadron at Sumburgh on 26 July 1940, as a Wop/AG. This was one of the Coastal Command squadrons attached to Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain. He flew 126 sorties during his service with Coastal Command before serving later with the West African Communication Command. He also flew in the Berlin airlift with 27 Squadron. Having completed a nine-year engagement with the RAF Flower retired as a Master Signaller, at that time equivalent to the rank of Warrant Officer. In 1952 Flower graduated from the London School of Economics and then served in the Colonial Service, retiring in 1965 as Provincial Commissioner for the Northern Province of Sierra Leone. He was called to the Bar in 1967 and then worked in the Solicitors’ Office of HM Customs and Excise. Flower transferred to the Lord Chancellor’s Department and retired in 1982. He did not claim his Battle of Britain Clasp until June 1999, having not realised for many years that he was entitled to it. He then attended commemorative events for a number of years.