LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer James Harold MUTTON
Service No: 34046
Born: Aldershot, England, 6 January 1913
Enlisted in the RAAF: 30 September 1940 (at Sydney NSW)
Unit: No. 99 Squadron, RAAF Station Amberley QLD
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 99 Squadron Liberator aircraft A72-313), Amberley, 14 September 1945, Aged 32 Years
Buried: Ipswich General Cemetery, QLD
CWGC Additional Information: Son of George Abraham and May Mutton; husband of Frances Joyce Mutton, of Dungog, New South Wales
Roll of Honour: Dungog NSW
Remembered: Panel 104, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Dungog and District Honour Roll, Dungog NSW
At 1542 hours on 14 September 1945, Liberator A72-313 crashed at Amberley during a pilot check flight and all five crew members on board were fatally injured. Those crew members were:
Sergeant George Alfred Dureau (13926) (Flight Engineer)
Flight Lieutenant George Allan Hendy (401441) (Pilot)
Flying Officer James Harold Mutton (34046) (Second Pilot)
Flying Officer Raymond Frank Pullin (411050) (Third Pilot)
Flight Sergeant Vincent John Quinn (437876) (Wireless Operator Air)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9845, 72, A705, 32/18/556
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line
Bibliography:
Nelmes, M.V. (Michael) Tocumwal to Tarakan: Australians and the Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Banner Books Belconnen ACT 2616, 1994
Wilson, S. (Stewart) Boston, Mitchell and Liberator in Australian Service, Aerospace Publications Weston Creek ACT 2611, 1992