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Tomohon, Northern Celebes - Murder of 2 RAAF airmen - Hutton and Lockyer

Murders of Flight Sergeants Frank Hutton and Arnold Lockyer, at Tomohon; at Tomohon, the Celebes – Kempei Tai; Around 27 Jul 45 aircraft crashed near Tomoho. Morimoto ordered on of PW to chloroform one of the airmen (one airman chloroform didnt take effect and was strangled).

Lockyer, Hutton and Orgill were members of the crew of a B24 which failed to return from an op over Northern Celebes on 27 Jul 1945.

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