Trafford

Born during the September quarter 1920 in the Salford R.D. - ref: 8d/139,
the son of Charles & Evelyn Isabella Anderton (nee Brooks).

1939 National Registration.   No Trace.

04/01/1942 - Took off at 09.37 hours in a Hudson No. AM824 from RAF Wick on
an anti-submarine patrol.   A creeping line ahead search was carried out
over the area given, but nothing was sighted.  They landed at 15.01 hours.

07/01/1942 - Took off at 01.12 hours in a Hudson Mo. AE652 from RAF Wick on
a shipping strike at Bergen, but failed to return to base.

The crew members were:- Pilot - Pilot Officer William Anderton (aged: 21),
buried at Sola Churchyard;  Second Pilot - Pilot Officer Douglas Chisholm
Hunter (aged: 21), commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial;  Wireless
Operator/Air Gunner - Sgt. Robert Bird Kinnel (aged: 20), buried at Sola
Churchyard;  Sgt Reginald Norman Whatley (aged: 24) commemorated on the
Runnymede Memorial.

Sola is situated on the south-west coast, south of Stavanger and just north
of Sandnes. From Sola follow the signs to Sola Airport, then follow the
signs for Sola church.

Sola, the site of Stavanger airport, was captured by the Germans on 9 April
1940 and was raided constantly thereafter by the Commonwealth air forces,
being the nearest aerodrome in Norway to the home bases in Scotland. It was
heavily defended and many of the crews were shot down. The Commonwealth war
graves plot is at the airfield and maintained by the Royal Norwegian Air
Force Station at Sola.  It contains 45 burials, two of them unidentified,
and all but one of them airmen.