DAMBUSTERS Hutchison, Robert Edward George

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Hutchison ​

• FORENAME

Robert Edward George ​

• UNIT

617 Squadron,R.A.F.V.R. ​

• RANK

Flight Lieutenant ​

• NUMBER

120854 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

16th September 1943 ​

• AGE

25 ​

• GRAVESITE

Reichswald Forest War Cemetery,Germany Coll.grave 16.B.13-16 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 1918 Liverpool​

son of Robert George and Ada Louisa Hutchison,Liverpool​

surname Hutchinson in some sources (error)​

wireless operator in some sources (error)​

RAFVR 1940​

service number 977611​

3 RC 6.1.1940​

RAF Upwood 23.2.1940​

2 E&WS 24.6.1940​

RAF Invergordon 22.2.1941​

2 Signal School 3.7.1941​

5 B&GS 8.8.1941​

25 OTU 31.8.1941​

106 Squadron 8.12.1941​

Pilot Officer 20.4.1942​

award DFC (12.2.1943) (Pilot Officer)​

Flying Officer 20.10.1942​

1654 CU 18.3.1943​

617 Squadron March 1943​

award bar to DFC (Dams raid)​

A/Flight Lt 20.4.1943​

air gunner​

Lancaster EE144​

Ladbergen (Dortmund-Ems Kanal)​

hit by flak and crashed Altendorf,Germany​

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