John Bernard Butterworth                 Updated: 07 MAR 2022


Airman:
 a069006.htm Surname: Butterworth Init: J B Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 15

P_link: p083.htm Plane: STI W7531 Operation: Minelaying Crash_site: Galsklint, Fyn

Crash_d: d180542 Buried_d: b210542 C_link: c069.htm At_Next: Odense

Sergent J.B. Butterworth er begravet i Odense sammen med 7 andre fra STI W7531.

Sergeant (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) John Bernard Butterworth, 22 år, var søn af
David og Annie Butterworth, Greenfield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.
(Kilde: CWGC)

Philip Jeffs, søn af den eneste overlevende, har lavet hjemmesiden MacRobert´s Reply.

Se Google Map p083 * p083MACR * fotos fra Axel Sommerby * Short Stirling. 9 flyvere.

Sergeant J.B. Butterworth is buried in Odense with 7 others from STI W7531.

Sergeant (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) John Bernard Butterworth, 22, was the son of
David and Annie Butterworth, of Greenfield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. (Source: CWGC)
Greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends
He
is remembered on The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre, P 2, P 139.  

Philip Jeffs, the sole survivor´s son, has made the website MacRobert´s Reply.

See No. 15 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia * XV (R) Squadron * Stirling * Google Map p083  p083MACR  Minelaying areas * photos from Axel Sommerby

Stirling I W7531 LS-F took off from RAF Wyton at 21:40 on 17 MAY 1942.
(Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.) 9 airmen.