Hutchinson, Francis Ebsworth
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Francis Ebsworth |
Surname | Hutchinson |
Gender | M |
Age | 25 |
Date of Death | 04-01-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Arthur Shields Hutchinson and Mary Wilson Hutchinson, of North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | W4274 |
Markings | UV-B |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Uden War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Joint grave 4. G. 6-7. |
Epitaph | "FRANK" OUR BELOVED SON |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 53 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 411327 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 460 (Australian) |
Squadron Motto | Strike and return |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to Clubhouse, Breighton Airfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those who served at Breighton during WW2, including 460 Sqn RAAF |
Location | Junction of Kirmond Rd (B1203) & Orford Rd, Binbrook, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial |
Memorial Text | A memorial to 460 Sqn RAAF which operated from Breighton and Binbrook 1941-1945 |
Location | Church of St. Mary & St. Gabriel, Binbrook, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window, RoH and Sqn Badge |
Memorial Text | Memorial to 460 Sqn RAAF which served at Binbrook between 1941 and 1945 |
Location | Former ATC Signals Square, Brookenby Industrial Estate, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | Memorials to the aircrew and groundcrew of 460 Sqn RAAF who served at Brookenby, 1942-1943 |
Location | Church of St. Michael & All Angels, Brookenby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | Memorials to the aircrew and groundcrew of 460 Sqn RAAF who served at Brookenby, 1942-1943 |
Miscellaneous Information
He played four international rugby matches fror Australia as a lock. |
Born 27 December 1917, Armidale, NSW, Australia and was educated at North Sydney Boys High School and Sydney Church of England Grammar School, after which he attended the University of Sydney. He played first-grade for Sydney University. His brother Eric, who was also a capped rugby player (two games for the Wallabies), and also a lock, lost his life in an accidental mid-air collision 23 days later and lies in Adelaide River War Cemetery. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1908/2 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1908/1 |
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 04-01-1943 |
End Date | 05-01-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Breighton |
Day/Night Raid | Night (4% moon) |
Operation | Essen |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night fighter, crashing near Nijmegen |