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Neville Ward Lutener was born on 28 October 1909.Sergeant Lutener transferred to the Army Physical Training Corps from the Royal Corps of Signals in mid to late 1941.

In 1942 Sergeant Lutener joined the 2nd Battalion in the raid against the radar station at Bruneval named Operation Biting.

Acting Captain Lutener was attached to the 4th parachute training school in Italy in 1944 as a training instructor.

Neville Lutener died on 12 January 1973.

Acting Captain Neville Lutener

Service History

  • Date not known (Acting Captain)

Operations

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Formation and Early Airborne Forces
On the 22nd June 1940, Winston Churchill sent a letter to General Ismay requesting a corps of at least 5000 troops. He had...

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Bruneval (Operation Biting)
On January 8, 1942, Admiral Lord Mountbatten, the Chief of Combined Operations, contacted the Headquarters of the 1st Airborn...
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A piece of Sgt Lutener's parachute used in Operation Biting and signed by his colleagues.
A piece of Sgt Lutener's parachute used in Operation Biting and signed by his colleagues.
Neville Lutener with Lt G Longhurst, c1944.
Neville Lutener with Lt G Longhurst, c1944.
A still from a film showing A/Capt Lutener as a training instructor in Italy, c1944.
A still from a film showing A/Capt Lutener as a training instructor in Italy, c1944.

Personal accounts

Sgt Lutener's diary entry for 27 February 1942, Operation Biting.
Sgt Lutener's diary entry for 27 February 1942, Operation Biting.

Solo photos

A/Captain Lutener, with wife, c1944.
A/Captain Lutener, with wife, c1944.