BUTTEL, Albert Francois
| Service Number: | 403717 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 March 1941, Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | No. 49 Squadron (RAF) |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 14 March 1920 |
| Home Town: | Hurstville, Kogarah, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Sutherland Intermediate High School, Canterbury Boys High School, Sydney Technical College |
| Occupation: | Laboratory Assistant |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Germany, 7 June 1942, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Sage War Cemetery, Sage, Oldenburg, Germany 7. C. 5. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, 403717 | |
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| 3 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 403717, No. 49 Squadron (RAF), Sydney, NSW |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Mark Albert and Jane Laidlaw Buttel, of Oatley, New South Wales, Australia.
EVER IN OUR THOUGHTS
LATE SERGT.-PILOT A. BUTTEL.
Mr. and Mrs. M. Buttel, of West Street, Hurstville, whose son, Sergeant Pilot Albert F. Buttel, had previously been reported missing and believed killed in air action, have now received a communication from the Air Board, Melbourne, stating that, from a German report, the body of their son had been recovered from the sea, and had been buried in the Lutheran Cemetery, Borkum Island.
Buttel joined the R.A.A.F. on March 3 1941. He received his training under' the Empire Air-Training Scheme, firstly at Narrandera and left for Canada in July, 1941, and later proceeded to England. He was boated missing during night air operations early in June this year when he took part in the big Emden raid as second pilot of a' Manchester bomber. He commenced his school ing at South Hurstville, later at Canterbury High School, and Sydney Technical High School. He was an industrial chemist before joining the R.A.A.F., and was 21 years of age at the time off his death.
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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