William Charles Sutton                                                                        Updated: 09 MAY 2021

Airman: e777339.htm Surname: Sutton Init: W C Rank: P/O Service: RAF Sqdn: 149

P_link: p096.htm Plane: STI R9162 Operation: Minelaying Crash_site: The Skagerrak

Crash_d: d110842 Buried_d: e777 C_link: e777.htm At_Next: NO KNOWN

Den 11. august 1942 styrtede STI R9162 i Skagerrak under en minelægningsoperation (måske omkring her - Kilde: AOD). Hele besætningen omkom.
Sgt James Henry Storey blev fundet som lig på havet 4 km fra Hjardemål Klit (omkring her). Hans navn stod skrevet i den redningskrans, man fandt ham i.
Han blev begravet i Frederikshavn den 17. september 1942.
F/Sgt C. W. S. Oliver blev begravet i Larvik i Norge, mens Sgt L. R. Sims blev begravet på Kviberg Kirkegård ved Gøteborg i Sverige.
4 flyvere har ingen kendt grav. (Kilde: FAF)

Pilot Officer William Charles Sutton, 35 år, var søn af  William og Clara Lillian Sutton; gift med Mary Georgina Sutton.
Hans navn er på Panel 71 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)

Se p096MACR og Minelægningsområder. 7 flyvere. 

On 11 August 1942 STI R9162 crashed in the Skagerrak on a minelaying operation (maybe about here - Source: AOD). All of the crew perished.
The body of Sgt J. H. Storey was found at sea 4 km off Hjardemål Klit (about here). He was found in a lifebuoy with his name on. He was buried in
Frederikshavn on 17 September 1942.
F/Sgt C. W. S. Oliver was buried in Larvik in Norway, while Sgt L. R. Sims was buried in Kviberg Cemetery at Gothenburg in Sweden.
4 airmen have no known grave. (Source: FAF)

Pilot Officer William Charles Sutton, 35, was the son of William and Clara Lillian Sutton, and the husband of Mary Georgina Sutton.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 71, among more than 20,000 airmen who have no known grave. (Source: CWGC)
He is remembered on The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 2, Panel 250.

No. 149 Squadron RAF * Stirling
Stirling I R9162 OJ-Q took off from RAF Mildenhall on 11 AUG 1942 targeting Silverthorn, Kattegat. Lost at sea. (Source: p096MACR) See map of Minelaying areas.
Stirling I R9162 OJ-Q took off from RAF Lakenheath on 10 AUG 1942 targeting Silverthorn, Kattegat. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.)
7 airmen.