Raymond Edward Norton Butcher

Raymond Edward Norton Butcher

in RAAF Uniform as Flight Sergeant
in Militia uniform of Sergeant, 16th Battalion Cameron Highlanders.
Personal Information
Date of Birth	25 Oct 1917
Place of Birth	Katanning, Western Australia
Death	21 Sep 1942
Place of Death	Denmark
Age at Enlistment	23 years, 4 months
Occupation	car salesman
Address	Armadale, Western Australia
Next of Kin	Father , Mr Edward Butcher
Military Information
Reg Number	406638
Date of Enlistment	3 Mar 1941
Rank	Flying Officer
Unit/Formation	No 101 Squadron RAF
Post War Details
Fate	Killed during a flying battle over southern Denmark.
Australian War Memorial	Australian War Memorial
Medals	1939-45 Star Air Crew Europe Star War Medal 1939-45 Australian Service Medal 1939-45

War Service

Original enlistment was with the Army CMF in the 16th Battalion Cameron Highlanders.

Trained with the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS) in Canada and Britain.

Missing West Australian 17 Oct 1942; presumed dead West Australian 19 May 1943

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  Aabenraa Military Cemetery, Denmark
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  Ray Butcher's gravesite

Aabenraa is a town on the south-east Jutland coast about 25 kilometres north of the German border.

Notes

Raymond was a member of the crew of a Vickers Wellington bomber X3815 from No. 101 Squadron RAF that was lost on operation on 21 Sep 1942. The plane crashed in Denmark following an attack by a German night fighter. At the time of his death the Squadron was operating from RAF Stradishall By the end of the war in Europe, the squadron had sustained 1,176 aircrew killed and it had lost 146 aircraft (including 33 in accidents).