Photo: B. Chandler
F.T.O. Hulton
Pilot
Royal N.Z. Air Force
5th May 1943 age 19
Acknowledgments to S.C. Knox.
Simon Glancey has given the following:
Spitfire IIA P7902 was one of a formation of Spitfires which at 1500 was ‘bounced’ by a number of Hurricanes from 59 OTU. In the melee that followed P7902 collided with Hurricane I AG111, both crashing near Wooler, 23 miles NW of Eshott. The Spitfire pilot was buried on the 10th at East Chevington, 4 miles west of Eshott.
Sgt Hulton was aged 19.
AG111 crashed onto Horton Moor near Doddington, whilst P7902 crashed into a bog close to a dry stone wall at Doddington Hill.
The pilot of AG111 was Flt Sgt Henry Anselm de Freitas 1393818, aged 26. Both pilots were killed.
(Source: http://www.rafcommands.com/dcforum/DCForumID6/Data/5753.txt)
Northumberland Aviation Diary: Aviation Incidents from 1790-1999 ; Derek Walton; Norav Publications; 1999; ISBN 0 9536189 0 0
"In This Quiet Lane" Chevington and Broomhill in World War Two ; J.H. Hardy; 200; Glen Graphics; ISBN 1 900038 75 7
Their Corner Of A Foreign Field: a guide and tribute to the Commonwealth and exiled airmen who are buried in the Scottish border; Clark, Peter, Glen Graphics, 2002. ISBN 1 900038 50 1.
Fergus Te'oha Hulton is remembered in Chevington on C27.03 which carries no names but the list was included on the Unveiling Programme.
