LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer Hessel MUTTON
Service No: 411509
Born: Brighton-Le-Sands NSW, 26 October 1908
Enlisted in the RAAF: 24 May 1941
Unit: Central Flying School
Died: Aircraft Accident (Central Flying School Avro Cadet aircraft A6-4), near Tamworth NSW, 14 November 1943, Aged 35 Years
Buried: Tamworth War Cemetery NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of William Hessel Mutton and Josephine Mutton; husband of Mary Phyllis Mutton, of Double Bay
Roll of Honour: Cremorne NSW
Remembered: Panel 116, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
During a training flight on 14 November 1943, Avro Trainer A6-4 crashed five miles south of Tamworth, and the crew of two was killed.
The crew members of A6-4 were:
Flying Officer Maurice St George Middleton (405868) (Second Pilot)
Flying Officer Hessel Mutton (411509) (Pilot)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/28/185