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Greetings I am hoping you can help me. I am trying to solve a family mystery. One of my relatives, Allen Grant Hutcheon, was the husband of Sir Geoffrey's daughter Rotha, who, along with her two children (Caroline and Petra) died on BOAC flight 777 on 1 June 1943.

I am trying to discover why exactly they were on this flight. One just didn't hop on a flight to Lisbon and back in 1943 wartime Britain for a little vacation, especially with two young children in tow. Lt. Col Allen Hutcheon (Royal Artillery) was a Canadian officer seconded to the Imperial General Staff at the beginning of the war. I also know he was involved with the SOE, although I can't get that file from the UK National Archives until the current pandemic emergency is over. I know that Lisbon, as Portugal being a neutral country, was a hotbed of intrigue and espionage. I also know that people who were seemingly more important were bumped off the flight, but not them.

In any event, I am wondering on the off chance if you have any information of any surviving relatives of Sir Geoffrey. I would be most interested in contacting them, either by mail or email, or through an intermediary, to see if their family has any info on this question.

I know my chances of solving this mystery are slim to none. At this point, I can only speculate that she and the children were traveling under cover for some sort of SOE mission.

Any help would be most appreciated. Thanks.