No.1332295, Sergeant (Bomb Aimer), Maurice HUTT
Aged 21
his medal entitlement is not known
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve No.20 O.T.U.
Died in Air Accident
on Thursday, 10th December 1942
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Maurice Hutt was born in Soham on 18th January 1921 (Newmarket Q1-1921 3B:840), baptised in Soham on 20th February 1921, son of Frederick Robert and Ellen
HUTT (née ROGERS) of High Street, Soham. His father was a hairdresser.
In the 1939 register, at High Street, Soham were his father Frederick R [8-7-1887] hairdresser/shopkeeper; his mother Ellen [14-2-1882]; sister Phyllis L J [27-3-1918] later NORTON. Also Joyce CHISHOLM {2-4-1932] later PERRY and Olive CHISHOLM [12-7-1931] later PARROCK. The two CHISHOLM girls assumed to be evacuees. There are two closed records. Maurice was buried in Soham Cemetery on 18th December 1942. |
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From http://aircrewremembered.com/heck-james.html we learn that:- Sergeant Hutt was Air/Bombardier on Vickers Wellington ser.no. L7867 c/s JM-J of "B" Flight, No.20 Operational Traning Unit on a flight from Lossiemouth, in Scotland. On board were pilot F/O James W Heck [25] (R.A.A.F.); navigator Sgt William Ernest Riley [22] (RAF); Nav 2 Sgt Joseph Towers [25] (RAFVR); W/Op/Air Gunr Sgt James Hemmings (RAFVR); B/Aimer Sgt Maurice Hutt [21] (RAFVR), all killed, and Air Gunner Sgt P Underwood (RAFVR) injured. On 10 December 1942, L7867 took off from RAF Lossiemouth on a navigation exercise (Navex)carrying practice bombs, smoke floats and sea markers. The plan was to fly to the east coast of Scotland and then turn and fly back to Lossiemouth. During the flight, however, the Wellington strayed from the pre-planned route, and in a blizzard, the aircraft crashed into Leacann na Brathan on the SE flank of Geal-chàrn. Only one member of the crew survived the crash. He was Sgt Philip Underwood (Air Gunner). The seriously injured sergeant struggled down the mountain until he reached Corrour Lodge near Fort William where he managed to summon help. The RAF recovery teams used mules to bring down sections of the wreckage from the mountain. This may explain why wreckage debris can still be seen at several different points down the slope of Leacann na Brathan. The lowest debris field is on the main path leading over the Bealach Dubh, and lies between Ben Alder and Geal-chàrn. |
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