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F54 RICHARD SAXBY MUTIMER

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F054 RICHARD SAXBY MUTIMER, Sergeant, 581062, Royal Air Force, 69 Squadron. Son of Leonard and Dora May Mutimer, of Wellingborough, Northamptonshire. Died 10th August 1941 aged 21 years.

At rest in Capuccini Naval Cemetery, Malta Plot F Grave 54.
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On 10th August 1941 his Maryland aircraft AR739 of No 69 Sqn was on reconnaissance over Catania, but during the return flight to Malta the starboard engine failed, they arrived at Luqa but the aircraft crashed short of the runway. The pilot Flight Lieutenant P.R. Wylde was killed instantly as was the observer Sergeant R.S.Mutimer. Per Ardua Ad Astra.
 

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