N.Z. PILOT REPORTED MISSING
■ ——♦ — : —■ ■ BELIEVED KILLED IN ACCIDENT 1 * ■■ M [THE PRESS Special Service.! v - 1 . S AUCKLAND, September 22. . . - Advice', was received yesterday from the Air Ministry that Pilot Officer £ Gordon William Sutton, aged 26, son. $ of. Mr D; W. Sutton, of Ararimu. ‘ | serving in the Royal Air Force in a v flying-boat squadron station at ‘ Pembroke, England, is missing. c It is believed that he lost his life -35, in an accident. No details are available, but it is believed the acddent occurred at the beginning of the week. . .<« Before leaving for England nearly two years ago. Pilot Officer. Sutton was an aircraftsman at the Hobsonville £ Air Base. Just bsfofe the war hie flew £j to Malta and Egypt with a member of the Air Ministry. He-had recently -'Jg been promoted to day captain of a large four-engined..flying-boat When war broke out he was givenTeconnais-- - j sance duties in the anti-submarine convoy system. • ■■ Pilot Officer Sutton matriculated at - M the Mount Albert Grammar School and represented the school in the Rugby team as full-back in 1931-32. "fe He was also captain of the Calshot Air- a Force Rugby team at Southampton. J
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Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22823, 23 September 1939, Page 12
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194N.Z. PILOT REPORTED MISSING Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22823, 23 September 1939, Page 12
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