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John Garnet Sutherin was born in Brentford on 5 June 1924, the son of Ruby (née Greenop) and Vivian Sutherin, a printer. He was educated at Shrewsbury School from 1937 to 1941, where he played football for his House and ran cross country. He entered Worcester College, Oxford, on 24 April 1942 as an RAF Cadet on a short course.
John Sutherin rose to the rank of Leading Aircraftsman before being commissioned as a Pilot Officer on probation on 13 November 1943. He was confirmed in his rank and promoted to Flying Officer on 13 May 1944.
On 26 August 1944 John Sutherin and his crew from No. 83 Operational Training Unit took off from RAF Peplow in a Wellington aircraft for a “Bullseye” exercise, involving a cross country flight with other aircraft and a dummy bombing run. At 1.25am they were over the village of Prestwood in Buckinghamshire when they collided with another aircraft. Flying Officer John Sutherin was killed in the crash, aged 21.
John Sutherin is buried at St Dunstan’s Church, Cheam in Surrey. He is commemorated with the other members of both crews on a memorial plaque at Prestwood, and on the war memorials at Shrewsbury School and Worcester College, Oxford.