George F. Rutherford                                                                                  Updated: 28 MAR 2022

Airman: e777395.htm Surname: Rutherford Init: G F Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 77

P_link: p388.htm Plane: HAL MZ812 Operation: Minelaying Crash_site: Sea W of Rømø

Crash_d: d120145 Buried_d: e777 C_link: e777.htm At_Next: NO KNOWN

Den 12. januar 1945 forsvandt HAL MZ812 sporløst under en minelægningsoperation til Kattegat. (Kilde: p388MACR)

Sergeant George Fewster Rutherford, 19 år, var søn af George og Hilda Rutherford, Aldborough, Hull, United Kingdom.
Hans navn er på Panel 276 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)

7 flyvere.

On 12 January 1945 HAL MZ812 was lost without trace on a minelaying operation to the Kattegat. (Source: p388MACR)

Sergeant George Fewster Rutherford, 19, was the son of George and Hilda Rutherford, of Aldborough, Hull, United Kingdom.
He is remembered on The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 2, Panel 236.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 276, among more than 20,000 airmen who have no known grave. (Source: CWGC)

No.77 Squadron RAF * 77 Squadron Association * Halifax * Halifax Print * Halifax-BC Museum.Canada * Halifax-RAF Museum * Halifax-The Yorkshire Air Museum.
Halifax III MZ812 KN-X took off from RAF Full Sutton at 17:45 on 12 JAN 1945. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.) Google Map 77 Squadron DK  7 airmen.

49 airmen of 77 Squadron: 23 buried in Denmark, 4 in Germany, 17 no known grave, 1 prisoner of war and 4 airmen evaded to Sweden.