Photo: James Pasby
Flying Officer
A. Sunter
Air Bomber
Royal Air Force
22nd July 1944 Age 20
In Jesus' keeping
we leave our dear one
sleeping
Son of John and Sarah Jane Sunter, of Shildon.
Simon Glancey has submitted the following:
F/O Sunter was killed when Vickers Wellington X HZ262 ‘X’ of 20 O.T.U. (Operational Training Unit) was lost on a training flight. The Wellington had taken off from R.A.F. Lossiemouth at 11.53 hours to undertake a fighter affiliation exercise. At around 12.30, the Wellington was seen flying over the local golf course, when the starboard wing was seen to detach from the aircraft, and the bomber crashed into Lossiemouth Harbour, killing all six crew members.
Arnold Sunter is remembered in Bishop Auckland on B140.01 and at Shildon on S122.02