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Pilot Officer Alexander Hugh Ormonde Butler

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Pilot Officer Alexander Hugh Ormonde Butler Veteran

Birth
India
Death
20 Sep 1944 (aged 23)
Burial
Leopoldsburg, Arrondissement Hasselt, Limburg, Belgium Add to Map
Plot
II. A. 8.
Memorial ID
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Rank: Pilot Officer (Pilot)
Service Number: 185370
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 137 Sqdn.
Age: 23 years old.

Son of Lt.-Col. Alexander Hazelwood Butler, Indian Army, and of Sakunthala (nee Narashiah) Butler, of Kensington, London.

Encountered Flak during an attack on German tanks near the Rhine at Arnhem.
Crashed at Terloo near bij Kasterlee Belgium in Typhoon IB PD-551 from N° 137sqdn flying from Melsbroek Belgium.
Rank: Pilot Officer (Pilot)
Service Number: 185370
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 137 Sqdn.
Age: 23 years old.

Son of Lt.-Col. Alexander Hazelwood Butler, Indian Army, and of Sakunthala (nee Narashiah) Butler, of Kensington, London.

Encountered Flak during an attack on German tanks near the Rhine at Arnhem.
Crashed at Terloo near bij Kasterlee Belgium in Typhoon IB PD-551 from N° 137sqdn flying from Melsbroek Belgium.

Inscription

ONLY CHILD OF MRS. S. BUTLER
AND LATE LT. COL. A. H. BUTLER
OF "HAZELWOOD" COONOOR, S. INDIA
"THY WILL BE DONE"


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