Chatto, Harry Stewart (Flying Officer, b.1920 - d.1945)

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Accession Number PR06041
Collection type Private Record
Record type Collection
Measurement Extent: .5 cm; Wallet/s: 1
Object type Letter
Maker Chatto, Harry Stewart
Chatto, Ronald Henry
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Kogarah, United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London
Date made 1945
Access Open
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copying Provisions Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Description

Collection relating to the Second World War service of 421569 Flying Officer Harry Stewart Chatto, 180 Squadron RAF, 1945.

Wallet 1 of 1 - Collection includes a letter Chatto sent to friend and former squadron mate, Warrant Officer John "Messy" Messiter, in early 1945. Chatto writes that he is to return to operations on B-25 Mitchell bombers, discusses leave, recent movements and activities, and mentions the love lives of mutual friends. Chatto, a navigator and observer, was shot down and killed on 21 March 1945. The collection includes a letter from Chatto's father, Ronald, to 'Johnnie', a friend of Chatto's. Ronald forwards transcripts of two letters he received from Wing Commander T A Cox, Chatto's commanding officer, with details on the action in which Chatto was posted as missing presumed killed.