Visiting my fathers grave last weekend I noticed a nearby one with the name Group Captain Barry Sutton DFC. I believe he was a Hurricane pilot during the Battle of France (56 Sqn) but know very little else abut him except he died in 1988 at the age of 68.
Can anyone throw anymore light on his RAF career ?
By: Arabella-Cox - 1st July 2009 at 22:41
Jonathan
I’ll call you!
Andy
By: Acertree - 1st July 2009 at 10:24
Dear Tangmere1940
I’d like to send you a private email but your inbox is too full according to the forum!
Jonathan Reeve
01285-760-030
By: Acertree - 30th June 2009 at 17:05
Dear Caroline
I am interested in the possibility of republishing your father’s book, could you drop me a line or ring me? 01285-760-030 / [email]jonathan.p.reeve@btinternet.com[/email].
Best wishes
Jonathan Reeve
By: Arabella-Cox - 26th April 2009 at 22:33
Caroline
Amazed to see your post!
If you would like to get in touch with me (and if you are interested!) by sending a Private Message I will be delighted to see if I can acquire you a part of the Hurricane your father jumped out of in the Battle of Britain.
By: Caroline Sutton - 26th April 2009 at 20:29
barry sutton
I have just visited this website and have seen a message posted by you. I am one of Barry Sutton’s daughters and would be happy to give you more information about him.
Caroline Sutton
By: EN830 - 19th March 2009 at 22:25
This is Barry.
Met him a few times. We unqualified aviation archaeologist types were able to find, identify and recover wreckage of his Hurricane and reunite him with a few bits way back in the early 80’s. It meant a good deal to him. Just one illustration of a positive outcome from some of the aviation archaeological activities recently maligned and questioned in another thread on this forum!!!
Not a trained archaeologist in sight and we managed to recover, record, catalogue and identify it all by ourselves. We should have got a Boy Scout “Archaeologist” badge for that!
Thanks for the image T1940
If I didn’t know you better I would say you were trying to make a point 🙂
By: Arabella-Cox - 19th March 2009 at 22:18
This is Barry.
Met him a few times. We unqualified aviation archaeologist types were able to find, identify and recover wreckage of his Hurricane and reunite him with a few bits way back in the early 80’s. It meant a good deal to him. Just one illustration of a positive outcome from some of the aviation archaeological activities recently maligned and questioned in another thread on this forum!!!
Not a trained archaeologist in sight and we managed to recover, record, catalogue and identify it all by ourselves. We should have got a Boy Scout “Archaeologist” badge for that!
By: EN830 - 19th March 2009 at 22:00
Hi Kev
It you have time to type it up, I would appreciate it.
Thanks
Ian
By: kev35 - 19th March 2009 at 21:21
Ian.
Do you need the bio from Wynn?
Regards,
kev35
By: EN830 - 19th March 2009 at 21:18
Thanks chaps a great help.
Ian
By: Eye on the Sky - 18th March 2009 at 22:56
Barry Sutton wrote a book, “The Way Of A Pilot”. A copy is currently sat on my bookshelf, waiting to be read. Picked my copy up for £8.00 on ebay a while back.
Hope this helps,
Dean
By: Jimbo27 - 18th March 2009 at 22:50
Men of the Battle of Britain has details of Gp Capt Fraser Barton Sutton. Probably the same man, all the details seem to fit. I’ll precis the details tomorrow if no-one else does…
snap!
By: kev35 - 18th March 2009 at 22:48
Ian.
Try searching for Frank Barton Sutton. I’m sure it’s the same man. If you have Wynn’s Men of the Battle of Britain his biography is on page 490. If not I’ll try and type it up for you tomorrow.
regards,
kev35
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