Albert Francois BUTTEL

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BUTTEL, Albert Francois

Service Number:	403717
Enlisted:	3 March 1941
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 14 March 1920
Home Town:	Hurstville, Kogarah, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Flying Battle, Germany, 7 June 1942, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Sage War Cemetery, Sage, Oldenburg, Germany Sage War Cemetery, Sage, Oldenburg, Germany
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sergeant, 403717
3 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 403717

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Sergeant Albert Francoise Buttel 403717 RAAF and Flight Sergeant Maxwell Elliott Whitehill 407022 RAAF were killed when Manchester 7469 of 49SQN RAF crashed near Borkum, Germany

Also killed were: Thorndyke, Ronald Henry James (Pilot Officer) RAF 119173 / Jones, Lewis James (Sergeant) RAF 924063 / Whitfield, George Clive (Sergeant) RAF 1166974 / De Mestre, Peter Morrice DSO DSC (Flight Lieutenant) RAF 41678 / Halliday, Douglas Stephen (Sergeant) RAF 1360282

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