Hutton, John William
Personal Information
Rank | W/O |
Forename(s) | John William |
Surname | Hutton |
Gender | M |
Age | |
Decorations | DFC, MiD |
Date of Death | 31-07-1944 |
Next of Kin |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | ME557 |
Markings | KC-S |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Clichy Northern Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot 16. Row 10. Grave 17. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 53 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1378696 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 617 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Thorpe Camp, Tattershall Thorpe, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial with Inscribed Lettering and Sqn Badges |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those who flew from RAF Woodhall Spa during WW2, including 619 Sqn |
Location | St. John the Baptist Church, Bamford, Derbyshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Framed painting and Framed inscribed Scroll |
Memorial Text | A painting given to Bamford Church by 617 Sqn RAF |
Location | South Tower, Ladybower Dam, Derbyshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating the raid on the Rhur Dams by 617 Sqn RAF in May 1943 |
Location | Adjacent to South Tower, Ladybower Dam, Derbyshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Information Board |
Memorial Text | An information board detailing the raid on the Rhur Dams by 617 Sqn RAF in May 1943 |
Location | St. Vincents Hall, Grantham, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial & Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating the HQ of 5Gp Bomber Command 1937-1945 where the Rhur Dams raid by 617 Sqn RAF was controlled from |
Location | Thorpe Camp Museum, Tattershall Thorpe, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial and inscribed Sqn Badges |
Memorial Text | In memory of all who served at RAF Woodhall Spa 1941 - 1945 |
Location | Jubilee Gardens, Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial and inscribed slate tablets |
Memorial Text | A memorial to the members of 617 Sqn RAF who gave their lives during WW2 |
Location | Jubilee Gardens, Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Memorial |
Memorial Text | A memorial to the members of 617 Sqn RAF who have given their lives since 1945 |
Location | Eyebrook Reservoir, Caldecott, Rutland |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating 617 Sqn RAF which practiced here before the Rhur Dams raid in May 1943 |
Miscellaneous Information
Mentioned in Despatches January 1943 for successfully evading capture after his 101 Sqn Wellington R1703 crashed on 31 August 1941 during an attack against Köln. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2131/14 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2128/23 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 31-07-1944 |
End Date | 31-07-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Woodhall Spa |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Rilly-la-Montage |
Reason for Loss | to bomb a railway tunnel that was being used as a flying-bomb storage facility at Rilly-la-Montagne. Within seconds of dropping its Tallboy from 12,000 feet, at 20:18, the Lancaster was struck by bombs released from a friendly aircraft overhead, which tore out one of the port engines and caused major structural damage to the central fuselage. Four minutes later the aircraft crashed roughly 1 km E of Germain (Marne), 16 km S of Reims. Those killed are buried in various French cemeteries. |