Alexander Hutchison  
 Seen 23 APR 2010   Updated: 14 OCT 2019 08 SEP 2021
                                                                              
Airman: a113142.htm Surname: Hutchison Init: A
Rank: F/Lt Service: RAF Sqdn: 466

P_link: p374.htm Plane: HAL MZ915 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: At Nørreskoven, Als

Crash_d: d160944 Buried_d: b180944 C_link: c113.htm At_Next: Aabenraa, R 5-10

"Natten til den 16. september 1944 rettede RAF et angreb mod Kiel. I forbindelse med dette bombetogt stødte 2 "Halifax" fly sammen i luften over Als kl. 01.05. Flyene nedstyrtede
nordøst for Elstrup, hvor stumperne spredtes over et mange kvadratkilometer stort område. Samtlige 14 ombordværende flyvere blev dræbt. - - -" (FAF)
HAL NP719 styrtede ned omkring her og HAL MZ915
styrtede ned omkring her. Flere links ved HAL MZ915.
Se Monumenter 2019 * Mindesten 16 SEP 2019 dette fly * Artikel: Clive, John og James i JV.

Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) Alexander Hutchison, 27 år, var søn
af Alexander Hutchison og Beatrice Mary Hutchison, Ware, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom. (Kilde: CWGC)

 "The RAF attacked  Kiel on the night before September 16 1944. In connection with this bombing raid 2 Halifax-planes collided in the air over Als at 0105 hrs. The planes crashed north east of Elstrup, where fragments were scattered over an area of many square kilometres. All 14 crew members on board perished. - - -" (FAF)

HAL NP719 crashed about here and HAL MZ915 crashed
about here. More links at HAL MZ915.
See Monuments 2019 * Memorial stone to this crew * Article in Danish with photos in JV + Translation.

Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) Alexander Hutchison, 27, was the son of Alexander Hutchison, and of Beatrice Mary Hutchison, of Ware, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom.
(Source: CWGC) He gave his life for his country (Epitaph on a new gravestone in the shape of a cross, seen 23 APR 2010)
He is remembered on The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 2, Panel 187.