Tutt, Bernard Frederick
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Bernard Frederick |
Surname | Tutt |
Gender | M |
Age | 29 |
Date of Death | 26-11-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of George Earl Tutt and Agnes Tutt. Husband of Hilda Joan Tutt, of Tenterden, Kent. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | JB221 |
Markings | OF-W |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 167. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 256 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1384140 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 97 (Straits Settlements) |
Squadron Motto | Achieve your aim |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Church of the Holy Spirit, RAF Coningsby, Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window |
Memorial Text | A stained glass window remembering 97 Sqn in the Church of the Holy Spirit, RAF Coningsby |
Location | Roadside location (off E6), Fættenfjord, near Åsenfjord, Trøndelag Fylke |
Country | Norway |
Memorial Type | Inscribed memorial stone atopped with inert aerial sea mine and Tirpitz anchor chain link |
Memorial Text |
For Frihet Til minne om Allierte Flymannskaper fra RAF drept under angrep pa det tyske slagskipet Tirpitz i Fættenfjord 1942
Translation "For freedom In memory of the Allied Aircrews from the RAF who died in attacks on the German Battleship Tirpitz in the Fættenfjord 1942 " |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/767/22 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/767/21 |
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 | 25-11-1943 |
End Date | 26-11-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Bourn |
Day/Night Raid | Night (3% moon) |
Operation | Frankfurt. 262 aircraft, mainly Halifaxes. 12 losses (4.6%) with no diversionary raids. The German controller correctly surmised that Frankfurt was the target. Cloud cover led to scattered bombing and it is thought that fewer than 100 bombs landed on the city. 80 deaths on the ground and 1500 people were bombed out |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a Bf110 flown by Oblt. Eckart-Wilhelm von Bonin of Stab II/NJG1 at 02:45hrs and crashed at Brandau, SSW of Reinheim, Germany. This was Bonin's 25th claim. |