Robert John Hutton
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Son of Charles and Dorothy Maude Hutton of Woodthorpe Nottingham
Liberator II AL560
Cr Salbani Engine cut; overshot, lost height and crashlanded, Salbani, 12.8.43; The aircraft crashed while flying on 3 engines. An unsuccessful landing had been attempted and an effort was made to complete another circuit and come in again when the aircraft was seen to crash from a height of approx. 200 ft." Pilot was J/16279 P/O Stanley Linwood Pettingale, RCAF. Crew of 7 killed, including a groundcrewman along for the ride. They are buried in Ranchi War Cemetery, India. Time of crash: 1100, approx.
Crew: Hutton + Harry Denzil Chapman, David Cooper, Jermyn Samuel Greengrass, Stanley Linwood Pettingale, John Francis Simmons, Edwin Earl Smith
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