John Neal Hutchison Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Photo taken 19 September 2012, Gary Atkins
Object Number - UPL 15009 - In the grass, beside the Reedham War Memorial, is a memorial stone for crew members who died when their B17s collided on 21 February 1944.
Involved in a mid-air collision with another B-17 from the same group on return from operations to airfields in GB on 21 Feb 1944 in B-17G 42-31370 and crashed on Reedham Marshes, Norfolk. Killed in Action (KIA). This was his 25th mission, the completion of his tour. Their mission was successful, but they crashed as they were coming in to land. Every member of both crews were killed.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Aircraft crash site
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
MS, USA | 10 February 1920 | |
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Enlisted |
Jackson, MS, USA | 15 January 1942 | |
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Died |
Reedham, Norwich, Norfolk, UK | 21 February 1944 | |
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Buried |
Greenville, MS, USA | At Greenville Cemetery Findagrave.com 147964028 |
Revisions
Eighth Air Force Bomber Stories, a New Selection, Ian McLachlan, 2004
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces
