LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Eric Ebsworth HUTCHINSON
Service No: 403602
Born: Armidale NSW, 26 September 1916
Enlisted in the RAAF: 3 February 1941
Unit: No. 452 Squadron
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 452 Squadron Spitfire aircraft BS184), near Strauss NT, 2 January 1943, Age 26 Years
Buried: Adelaide War Cemetery NT
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Arthur Shields and Mary Wilson Hutchinson, of North Sydney, New South Wales
Roll of Honour: North Sydney NSW
Remembered: Panel 105, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: University of Sydney World War 2 Roll of Honour, Camperdown NSW
Brother of Flight Sergeant Francis Ebsworth Hutchinson (411327)
On 2 January 1943, Capstan BS184 flown by Sergeant Hutchinson collided in mid-air with Capstan BR549 flown by Sergeant Stockley during a non-operational flight. BS184 crashed killing Sergeant Hutchinson.
The Pilots were:
Sergeant Eric Ebsworth Hutchinson (403602) (Pilot BS184)
Sergeant Henry William Stockley (407881) (Pilot BS549) Uninjured, Discharged from the RAAF: 14 September 1945
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/18/15; A9845, 80
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line