Name:
Melvin Lawrence Hutchins
Rank:
Sergeant
Serial Number:
R/144839
Unit:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Date of Death:
1943-06-13
State:
Massachusetts
Cemetery:
Rossum Roman Catholic Cemetery, Rossum, Dinkelland Municipality, Overijssel, Netherlands
Plot:
Row:
Grave:
10
Decoration:
Comments:
Melvin Lawrence Hutchins was born on September 24, 1922, in Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts. He was the son of Myron L. Hutchins and Alma Edith MacLellan Hutchins-Cormack.
Melvin served in the 51 (R.A.F.) Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force as a Sergeant during World War II. He was Killed in Action on June 13, 1943, when his Halifax II DT568 aircraft, which took off from RAF Snaith, was shot down by a night fighter ( Lt Hans - Heinz Augenstein lll/NJG1 ).