LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer John Richard HUTCHINS
Service No: 405685
Born: Ipswich QLD, 29 October 1913
Enlisted in the RAAF: 24 May 1941
Unit: No. 45 Group (RAF)
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 45 Group Baltimore aircraft FW693), South Atlantic Ocean, 22 February 1944, Aged 30 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of William George and Pricella Hannah Hutchins, of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour: Ipswich QLD
Remembered: Panel 3, Column 5, Ottawa Memorial, Ontario, Canada
Remembered: Panel 124, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 22 February 1944, Baltimore FW693 was lost out of Zandery Field, Surinam, and the crew members were missing.
The crew members of FW693 were:
Flying Officer Ronald Thomas Cochrane (151855) (RAFVR) (Navigator)
Flying Officer John Richard Hutchins (405685) (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Pilot Officer David William Whiffin (158101) (RAFVR) (Pilot)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Christie, C.A. (Carl Andrew) Ocean Bridge: The History of RAF Ferry Command, University of Toronto Press Toronto Canada, 1995
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9300, HUTCHINS J R