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# | Name* | First Names | Title | Rank | RAF Equivalent Rank | Service No. | Born | Nationality | Role | Awards | Air Force | Command | Unit | DateofIncident *See Note | Aircraft | Type | Serial | Code | Victories (Fighters) | Base | Time | Mission | Incident | Fate | Commemorated | Photo (Click to Expand) | Referring Database | Notes | Links/Archive Reports |
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4001 | Taylor | Douglas Arthur Allen | Sergeant | 1321755 | RAFVR | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1943-07-05 | Stirling | III | EF436 | AA-A | Mepal | 2345 | Gardening | Stirling was lost without trace whilst on a mine-laying sortie (Gardening) off the Frisian island. Claimed by Oblt Georg-Hermann Greiner | Killed Age 21 | Runnymede Panel 166. | Stirling EF436, piloted by Flight Sergeant R. Thomas, was lost without trace whilst on a mine-laying sortie off the Fresian islands, on 5-6 July 1943. All the crew were killed. Reliable reports from the Dutch said that the aircraft had been shot down by a night fighter over the sea, 12 miles North West of Terscherlling (the middle island of the Southern Frisian Group) at approximately 02:31 hours. The night fighter was captained by Oblt. Georg-Hermann Grenier, of IV/NJG1, this was his sixth kill out of a total of 51. The kill is confirmed in Grenier’s war records. Attacker Oblt Georg-Hermann Greiner | ||||||||||
4002 | Taylor | Sergeant | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1942-04-22 | Wellington | III | X3487 | AA- | Feltwell | Koln | Crash landed at base on return | Injured | ||||||||||||||||
4003 | Taylor | Andrew Albert | Sergeant | NZ/402911 | Born on the 29th May 1920 | New Zealand | Pilot | RNZAF | Fighter Command | 610Sqn | 1941-10-03 | Spitfire | IIa | P7839 | DW-? 'City Of Derry' | RAF Leconfield, Yorkshire | 1145 | Training | See archive report for further brief details | Killed | Leconfield Churchyard (St. Catherine). Row B. Grave 7. Son of George William and Florence Gertrude Taylor (née Staite), of Wanganui, Wellington, New Zealand. | Read Archive Report | |||||||
4004 | Taylor | N L | Sergeant | Age ? | New Zealander | Air Gunner | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 11 OTU | 1944-04-28 | Wellington | X | JA456 | OP-M | RAF Westcott, Buckinghamshire | 2345 | Night Navigation Sortie | While cruising at 15,000 ft over the Bristol Channel, the port engine failed. Heading for the nearby Pembrokeshire coast, the aircraft arrived over Haverfordwest airfield where, at 2345, the crew attempted to land. Due to their unfamiliarity with the airfield, coupled with the problem of only having one operating engine, the aircraft touched down some way down the runway. Almost immediately the aircraft bounced into the air and then crashed into a ravine just beyond the airfield, bursting into flames | Survived Injured | No further details - are you able to assist? | Read Archive Report | ||||||||
4005 | Taylor | John Barker | Flying Officer | NZ/412764 | Age 28 | New Zealand | Navigator | RNZAF | Transport Command | 45 Group | 1943-05-28 | Hudson | IIIA | FK742 | 42-47298 | Dorval, Quebec, Canada | 830 | Delivery Flight | See archive report for further brief details | Killed | Reykjavik (Fossvogur) Cemetery, Iceland. Grave C46.5 | Courtesy Courtesy Jennifer Lemaire | Born on the 3oth January 1915 at Auckland. Worked as a assistant electrical engineer for PWD (hydro-electric) branch prior to service. After serving in the NZ territorial army he enlisted as a pilot under trains on the 04th May 1941 at Levin. Remustered as an observer on the 01st September 1941. Embarked for training in Canada on the 20th October 1941. Observer badge an commission awarded on the 05th September 1942. Son of Albert and Evelyn Taylor (née Barker), of Epsom, Auckland City, New Zealand. Husband of Gladys Muriel Taylor (née Smith) of Winnipeg, Canada. | ||||||
4006 | Taylor | George Lockhart | Sergeant | NZ41375 | 28 January 1920 at Feilding New Zealand | New Zealander | 2nd Pilot | RNZAF | Middle East Command | 1942.04.25 | Wellington | IC | Z8984 | Call sign D | LG 104 Qotafiyah II, Egypt. | Between 1955 and 2055 | Benghazi, Libya | Hit by flak and crashed near Berka, Benghazi, Libya | Killed | Alamein Memorial, Column 266, El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt | Read Archive Report | ||||||||
4007 | Taylor | Raymond Jonathan | LAC | NZ/442296 | Age 22 | New Zealand | Passenger | RNZAF | Transport Command | 40 Squadron (RNZAF) | 1945-09-24 | C-47B Dakota | NZ3526 | - | Whenuapai, Auckland, New Zealand | 530 | Transit | See archive report for further brief details and his loss | Missing - believed killed | Bourail Memorial. Panel 9 | Courtesy AWMM | Born on the 07 May 1923 at Mosgier. Enlisted on the 04th May 1944 at Harewood. Son of George Taylor and of Isabella McKay Taylor (née Shore), of Allanton, Otago, New Zealand. A patrolman serving with No. 3 Service Unit. | |||||||
4008 | Taylor | Kenneth William | Flight Sergeant | NZ/44361 | Age 20 | New Zealand | Air Gunner | RNZAF | Far East | 4 Sqn (RNZAF) | 1945-08-29 | Ventura | PV-I | NZ4619 | MSN: 6264 | Mokerang, Los Negros, Admiralty Islands, Bismarck Archipelago | 15:45 | Air Compass Swing | See archive report for details. | Missing - believed killed | Bourail Memorial. Panel 7 | Bourail Memorial
| See report for full details
Son of Robert John died 29th July 1983 age 89, and Amelia Sarah Taylor died 13th October 1994, age 97, of 188 Sydney Street, Wellington City, New Zealand. | ||||||
4009 | Taylor-Cannon | Keith Granville | Squadron Leader | NZ/412284 | Born on the 20th December 1921 | New Zealand | Pilot | DFC * | RNZAF | Fighter Command | 486Sqn RNZAF | 1945-04-13 | Tempest | F.V | SN184 | SA-F | B112, Hopsten, Germany | Recce | See archive report for further brief details | Missing - believed killed | Runnymede Memorial. Panel 284 | courtesy Jenifer Lemaire | Read Archive Report | ||||||
4010 | Taylor-Cannon | Keith Granville 'Hyphen' | SLdr | New Zealand | Pilot | RNZAF | Fighter Command | 486Sqn (NZ) | 7 [4+3] (1 V-1) | Ace | |||||||||||||||||||
4011 | Teague | T R | Flight Sergeant | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 622Sqn | 1944-05-28 | Lancaster | I | LM108 | GI-N | Mildenhall | 1845 | Angers | PoW | ||||||||||||||
4012 | Teague | K J | Sergeant | Bomber Command | 487Sqn RNZAF | 1943-01-22 | Ventura | II | AE899 | EG-O | Feltwell | 1215 | Cherbourg | Crashed in English Channel | Killed | Runnymede | |||||||||||||
4013 | Temperton | E C | Flight Sergeant | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 15Sqn | 1945-02-03 | Lancaster | I | PD419 | LS-V | Mildenhall | 1604 | Dortmund | Killed | Rheinberg War Cemetery | |||||||||||||
4014 | Templer | Guy Merson | Flying Officer | NZ/413911 | Born on the 03rd January 1922 | New Zealand | Pilot | RNZAF | Training Command | 60 Operational Training Unit | 1944-09-10 | Mosquito | FB.VI | HJ816 | Not issued | RAF High Ercall, Shropshire | Training | See archive report for further brief details | Killed | Chester Cemetery (Blacon) Sec. A. Grave 232 | Read Archive Report | ||||||||
4015 | Tennant | Philip Athol | Warrant Officer | NZ/455771 | Age 30 | New Zealand | W/Op/Air/Gunner | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 7Sqn | 1945-03-19 | Lancaster | III | PB667 | MG-Q | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire | 1031 | Recklinghausen | See archive report for further brief details | Killed | Bergen-Op-Zoom War Cemetery. Grave 13.A.12 | | Born on the 26th October 1914 at Inangahua, the son of David Thomas Tennant and Emily Jane Tennant and husband of Margaret Affleck Tennant (née Craighead), of Westport, Nelson, New Zealand. Prior to joining the RNZAF on the 30th May 1942 worked as a driver for Gibbs Transport Limited. A total of 496 flying hours logged and on his 22nd operational sorties. He previously served in 622 Squadron before joining the Path Finder Force | ||||||
4016 | Thain | G M | Sergeant | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1941-11-08 | Wellington | Ic | X9628 | AA- | Feltwell | Essen | Crashed near Krefeld | Killed | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery | ||||||||||||||
4017 | Thane | D W | Sergeant | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 408Sqn RCAF | 1941-12-28 | Hampden | I | P1165 | EQ-B | Bladerton | 1855 | Huls | Crashed at Winterswijk Holland | Killed | |||||||||||||
4018 | Thiele | Keith Frederick | Squadron Leader | NZ/404966 | New Zealand | Pilot | DSO DFC & 2 Bars | RNZAF | Fighter Command | 3Sqn | 1945-02-10 | Tempest | V | NV644 | Abandoned near Dorsten | PoW | Courtesy AWMM | Passed away in Sydney on 5 January 2016, at the age of 94 This officer's operational record is outstanding. As pilot of a bomber aircraft he completed two tours of duty during which he took part hi very many attacks on enemy targets Since joining his present squadron, Flight Lieutenant Thiele has taken part in a large number of sorties, involving attacks on a wide range of enemy targets. He has personally been responsible for the destruction of numerous locomotives, barges and mechanical vehicles. In air fighting he has shot down 2 enemy aircraft. This officer has displayed the highest qualities of skill, together with great bravery and iron determination. His example has inspired all. | |||||||||||
4019 | Third | J | Pilot Officer | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1943-08-23 | Stirling | III | JN-K | Mepal | 2104 | Berlin | Crashed near Lanke | Killed | Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery | ||||||||||||||
4020 | Thom | R H | Sergeant | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 214Sqn | 1943-03-01 | Stirling | I | R9145 | BU-K | Chedburgh | 1845 | Berlin | Abandoned near Konigreich | PoW | |||||||||||||
4021 | Thomas | C F | Flight Sergeant | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 622Sqn | 1943-11-19 | Stirling | III | EF123 | GI-A | Mildenhall | 1725 | Leverkusen | Crashed Isleham Cambridgeshire on return | Killed | Cambridge City Cemetery | ||||||||||||
4022 | Thomas | Athol Albert | Flying Officer | 424569 | New Zealander | Navigator | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 630 Sqn | 1944-08-07 | Lancaster | I | LM262 | LE:G | East Moor | 21:05 | Mission to bomb enemy concentration in front of the Allied troops at Secqueville | See archive report for details | PoW No.8600, Stalag Luft 1 | Read Archive Report | |||||||||
4023 | Thomas | Raymond | Flight Sergeant | NZ40586 | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1943-07-05 | Stirling | III | EF436 | AA-A | Mepal | 2345 | Gardening | Stirling was lost without trace whilst on a mine-laying sortie (Gardening) off the Frisian island. Claimed by Oblt Georg-Hermann Greiner | Killed Age 22 | Runnymede Panel 199. | Stirling EF436, piloted by Flight Sergeant R. Thomas, was lost without trace whilst on a mine-laying sortie off the Fresian islands, on 5-6 July 1943. All the crew were killed. Reliable reports from the Dutch said that the aircraft had been shot down by a night fighter over the sea, 12 miles North West of Terscherlling (the middle island of the Southern Frisian Group) at approximately 02:31 hours. The night fighter was captained by Oblt. Georg-Hermann Grenier, of IV/NJG1, this was his sixth kill out of a total of 51. The kill is confirmed in Grenier’s war records. Attacker Oblt Georg-Hermann Greiner | ||||||||||
4024 | Thomas | G J E | Flight Sergeant | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1942-04-05 | Wellington | III | X3661 | AA- | Feltwell | Koln | ? | PoW | ||||||||||||||
4025 | Thomas | S H | Sergeant | Bomber Command | 487Sqn RNZAF | 1942-12-06 | Ventura | II | AE902 | EG-F | Feltwell | 1123 | Eindhoven | Crashed in target area | Killed | Woensel General | |||||||||||||
4026 | Thomas | Roy Dudley Clifton | Flying Officer | 108829 | Age 30 | British | Air Bomber | RAFVR | Bomber Command | 487Sqn RNZAF | 1943-05-03 | Ventura | II | AJ209 | EG-V | RAF Methwold, Norfolk | 1643 | Ramrod 16 | See Archive report for further details | Killed | Amsterdam New Eastern. Plot 69. Row C. Coll. grave 2. | Son of Sydney and Mary Thomas, of Gretton, Northamptonshire, England | |||||||
4027 | Thomas | Edwin Henry | Sergeant | 1811856 | FE | RAFVR | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1944-04-23 | Stirling | III | EF137 | AA-E | Mepal | 2042 | Gardening | Failed To Return GERMAN A/C, DENMARK unk, Crash near Vemmenaes, 3km ESE , Lundeby island aasinge, Fyn. Outbound EF137 was attacked by German nightfighter, probably Oberfeldwebel Rudolf Frank of 3./NJG 3. A fire started and a little later the bomber disintegrated in the air and fell in the sea off Vemmenæs at 23:20 hours killing the whole crew. | Killed | Aabenraa Cemetery Denmark Allied Mil. Plot. Row 3. 1. , Monument Svendborg Denmark | In Memory | Mining over the Baltic. 114 aircraft to lay mines in five separate areas of the Baltic. 5 losses | Courtesy: flensted.eu.com RNZAF Archives airmen.dk |
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4028 | Thomas | R J | Sergeant | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1943-11-04 | Stirling | III | BK778 | JN-U | Mepal | 1600 | Gardening | Crashed at Berstedgaard Denmark | Killed | Frederikshaven Cemetery Denmark | |||||||||||||
4029 | Thomas | Howard Mansel | Sergeant | 1895708 | 1918 | Flight Engineer | RAFVR | Bomber Command | 75 Sqn RNZAF | 1944-11-04 | Lancaster | III | ND917 | AA:O | Mepal | 11:31 | Solingen | Brought down some 9 km SE of target area, crashing near Wermelskirchen. The crew were buried at Wermelskirchen, but later transferred to Rheinberg | Killed | Rheinberg War Cemetery 5.C.1 | Son of Mansel and Phyllis Thomas, of Llwyncelyn, Glamorgan | ||||||||
4030 | Thomas | A J | Pilot Officer | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1943-07-30 | Stirling | III | BF458 | JN-P | Mepal | 2241 | Remscheid | Crashed at Krefeld-Uerdingen | Killed | Runnymede | |||||||||||||
4031 | Thomas | Douglas Stanley | LAC | NZ/436105 | Age 20 | New Zealand | Passenger | RNZAF | Transport Command | 40 Squadron (RNZAF) | 1945-09-24 | C-47B Dakota | NZ3526 | - | Whenuapai, Auckland, New Zealand | 530 | Transit | See archive report for further brief details and his loss | Missing - believed killed | Bourail Memorial. Panel 9 | Courtesy AWMM | Born on the 18th December 1924 at Dunedin. Enlisted on the 17th April 1943 at Omaka. Son of Stanley Thomas (died 21st January 1975, age 83) and of Cecilia Gertrude Thomas (nee McCrone - died 16th July 1966, age 74), of 196 Bay View Road, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. A wireless operator serving with No. 3 Service Unit. | |||||||
4032 | Thomas | Frederick Norman | Flight Lieutenant | NZ/40993 | Age 26 | New Zaland | Pilot | RNZAF | 3Sqn (NZ) | 1944-09-09 | Ventura | PV-I | NZ4522 | - | Piva Airfield, Bougainville | 720 | Rabaul | Force landing | Survived |
| Born on the 24th September 1918 in Motueka. Educated at Riwaka School and Nelson College. A farmer at Riwaka. Obtained his 'A' licence with Marlborough Aero Club. Served four years in the territorial army before enlisting on the 09th April 1940. Served in the RNZAF until the 21st December 1945. Died on the 21st October 2010, age 92. Husband of Marie May Thomas (née Bowers - died 08th May 1989, age 61). The son of Charles Dunbar Tovey Thomas (died 23rd October 1933, age 56) and Ruth Thomas (née Marchany - died 14th May 1971, age 85). Brother of Walter Babington Thomas DSO. MiD. MC. and bar 9234. Born on the 02nd April 1905 - Died 22nd October 2017, served in the 23 Infantry Battalion, all the family are buried in the Riwaka Cemetery, Tasman District, New Zealand. | ||||||||
4033 | Thomas | Gordon Griffith | Flying Officer | NZ/403999 | Age 25 | New Zealand | Pilot | RNZAF | Training Command | Central Gunnery School. 25 Group | 1943-04-09 | Spitfire | IIa | P7678 | - | RAF Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire | Training | See archive report for further details and photographs | Killed | Sutton Bridge (St Matthew) Churchyard. Sec. P. Grave 44 | Courtesy Air Museum of New Zealand | Born on the 13th March 1918 in Te Awamutu. Educated at Auckland Grammar School. A chart clothing cutter for Cambridge Clothing Factory Limited in Auckland. Enlisted at Levin as a pilot under training on the 27th October 1940. With No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School on the 23rd November 1940. No. 3 Service Flying Training School 18th January 1941. Mid air collision with another on the 04th March 1941, pilot uninjured (1). Pilot badge awarded on the 10th March 1941 and promoted to sergeant on the 12th April 1941.
Embarked for England on the 29th April 1941. With No. 3 Personnel Reception Centre 29th June 1941. 61 Operational Training Unit 30th September 1941 for training on the Spitfire. 603 squadron on the 19th November where he carried out 9 operational sorties. 486 squadron on the 09th March 1942, 112 operational sorties. commissioned on the 22nd May 1942. Attached to Central Gunnery School for instructor training 15th March 1943. Credited with 1 e/a destroyed and 1 shared destroyed. 604 flying hours logged with 75 on the Spitfire. 121 operational sorties completed. Son of Thomas Dalrymple Thomas (died 20th October 1931, age 54) and Elizabeth Mason Thomas (née Gordon) of Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand | |||||||
4034 | Thompson | William Howard | Sergeant | 1484375 | Flight Engineer | RAFVR | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1943-08-02 | Stirling | III | EH928 | AA-A | RAF Mepal, Cambridgeshire | 2314 | Hamburg | See Archive report for further details | Missing - believed killed | Runnymede Memorial. Panel 167 | Read Archive Report | |||||||||
4035 | Thompson | Forrest Harold (Tommy) | Flying Officer | 412766 | Age 27 | New Zealand | Air Gunner | DFM | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 161Sqn | 1945-03-21 | Hudson | IIIA | FK803 | MA-N | RAF Tempsford, Bedfordshire | 19:08 | SOE | The a/c was returning as it was unable deliver the agents due to bad weather. A/c hit by an American night fighter(422 NFS Black Widow) on Operation BENEDICT over Germany, setting the Hudson on fire. The a/c crashed on a hill above Maulesmuhl 0045 hrs in Luxemburg, 2 miles from Hupperdange. | Killed | Maulusmuhle Isolated Graves Collective Grave | | Son of Waldo Samuel (died 1970) and Ethel Annie Thompson (née Sherwood - died 03rd January 1978, age 92), of Waipiro Bay, New Zealand. Brother of Onslow Waldo Thompson (killed 01st May 1943, age 27) and Marjori Gardner (later Wallace - died 02nd March 1998, age 78) of Waipiro Bay, Auckland, New Zealand. Husband of Joyce Constance Thompson, (née Williams, later Kearns) of London, England.married in 1943, | |||||
4036 | Thompson | W S | Sergeant | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 102Sqn (Ceylon) | 1943-02-03 | Halifax | II | W7921 | DY-M | Pocklington | 1838 | Hamburg | Crashed near Quakenbruck | Killed | Rheinberg War Cemetery | ||||||||||||
4037 | Thompson | Onslow Waldo | Flying Officer | 401791 | Age 26 | New Zealand | Pilot | DFM | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 105 Sqn | 1943-05-01 | Mosquito | IV | DK338 | GB-O | RAF Marham, Norfolk | 14:07 | Eindhoven | Crashed at 14:13 about 1 mile west of the airfield | Killed | Marham Cemetery War Graves Plot. Grave 39 | | DFM Gazetted 7 April 1942 whilst with 107 Sqn Son of Waldo Samuel and Ethel Annie Thompson, of Waipiro Bay, Auckland, New Zealand; husband of Joyce Thompson, of Camberwell, London | |||||
4038 | Thompson | Harry Malfroy | Flight Sergeant | 402912 | 1924 | Pilot | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 150Sqn | 1942-08-24 | Wellington | III | BJ831 | JN- | Snaith | 2101 | Frankfurt | The a/c was initially hit by flak over Frankfurt. Homebound it was attacked by a night fighter and shot down. Claim by Fw Fritz Schellwat 5/NJG1 - 1km NNW of Kersbeek-Miskom: 3,500m at 0255. Crashed near the hamlets of Kersbeek-Miskom 11km NNE of Tienen Belgium | Killed | Kersbeek-Miskom Churchyard Collective Grave | Son of Leonie Avis Thompson, of Ashburton, Christchurch, New Zealand | ||||||||
4039 | Thompson | Norman Watson | Sergeant | 402914 | New Zealand | 2nd Pilot | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 405Sqn RCAF | 1941-09-18 | Wellington | II | W5492 | LQ-K | Pocklington | Photographic training flight | Dinghy came away from it's stowage and wrapped around the elevators. Parts of the tail then broke off and the pilot lost control. The aircraft went into a steep and fast dive, then broke up in the air and exploded. | Killed | Buried Barmby Moor Churchyard, Yorkshire. | Yorkshire Aircraft Co | |||||||||
4040 | Thompson | Paul | Pilot Officer | 422333 | 7th July 1914 in Okaki, Wellington Region, New Zealand | New Zealand | Pilot | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 619Sqn | 1944-03-24 | Lancaster | I | DV328 | PG:L | RAF Coningsby | 18:53 | Berlin | See archive report for details | KiA | Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery 8.J.10 | Courtesy Jenifer Lemaire | Read Archive Report | ||||||
4041 | Thompson | A F | Flying Officer | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1944-10-06 | Lancaster | I | LM104 | AA-Z | Mepal | 1646 | Dortmund | PoW | ||||||||||||||
4042 | Thompson | C M | Sergeant | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1941-10-10 | Wellington | Ic | Z8909 | AA- | Feltwell | Koln | Crashed near Koln | Killed | Rheinberg War Cemetery | |||||||||||||
4043 | Thompson | Desmond Lewis | Pilot Officer | NZ/413152 | Age 21 | New Zealand | Pilot | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1943-04-28 | Stirling | III | BF467 | AA-W | RAF Newmarket, Suffolk | 20:38 | Gardening | Crashed in Baltic off Makshov | Killed | Svino Denmark | | |||||||
4044 | Thompson | William Alexander | Flying Officer | 412767 | Age 30 | New Zealand | Navigator | RNZAF | Coastal Command | 302 Ferry Training Unit (FTU) | 1944-06-08 | Sunderland | III | ML858 | P | RAF Oban, Argyllshire | 2355 | Training | Crashed on Gleann Mhor, St. Kilda during navigational exercise flight out of Oban. All ten occupants died in the crash | Killed | Runnymede Memorial Panel 263. | | The crews remains were given full military honours by an RAF Guard of Honour and were committed to the sea between St. Kilda and the island of Boreray. Rev Macleod read the burial service. (Reference: Wartime wrecks on St. Kilda - Rt. Rev. Monsignor John C. Barry, DCL, MA; Chairman of the St. Kilda Club) Born on the 07th January 1914 at Christchurch. Prior to service worked as a clerk for Shell Oil. Enlisted in the RNZAF after serving two years in the territorial army on the 04th May 1941. Embarked for Canada on the 17th November 1941. Awarded his navigator badge and received his commission on the 31st October 1942. Embarked for England on the 24th November 1943. Son of Thomas James Thompson and Mabel Bessie Thompson (nee Steel) and husband of Joan Dorothea Thompson (nee Wilson - later McKenzie), of Fendalton, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. The family also lost his brother, 23 year old Sgt. Colin Maurice Thompson NZ/40442 RNZAF. Flying as second pilot on 75 Squadron Wellington IC Z8909 when shot down and crashed at Cologne on the 11th October 1943. | ||||||
4045 | Thompson | Jack Dennis | Sergeant | 1152206 | Age 21 | British | W/Op/Air Gunner | RAFVR | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1941-11-07 | Wellington | Ic | X9976 | AA-? | RAF Feltwell, Norfolk | 1930 | Berlin | Crashed at Soarremoarre, Aldeboarn, Netherlands - see archive report | Killed | Bergen-op-Zoom Canadian War Cemetery. Collective Grave 8. H. 3-7 |
| Worked at Cranfield Flour Mill in Ipswich. Son of Ernest Alfred Thompson, and of Edith Ellen Beatrice Thompson, of Colchester Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England. Epitaph: 'Treasured Memories Of A Dear Only Son And Brother. At Rest. God Knows Best'. | ||||||
4046 | Thompson | Sergeant | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF | 1941-12-27 | Wellington | Ic | Z8971 | AA- | Feltwell | Brest | Crashed Dartmoor on return | |||||||||||||||||
4047 | Thompson | Clifford Harris | Pilot Officer | NZ/415725 | Age 22 | New Zealand | Pilot (Inst) | RNZAF | Training Command | 12 SFTS No. 2 Training Command | 1942-09-15 | Crane | IA | FJ261 | - | RCAF Brandon, Manitoba, Canada | 16:00 | Transit Flight | See archive report for further details | Killed | Brandon Cemetery, Manitoba. Lot 102. Block A. Section 27. | Born on the 14th January 1920 in Dannevike. Educated at Dannevirke High School and Nelson College. Worked as a clerk for the Union Steam Ship Company in Wellington. Enlisted at Levin as a pilot under training on the 19th October 1941. With No. 4 Elementary Flying Training School on the 30th November 1941. Embarked for Canada on the 14th January 1942 on MV Boschfontein. With No. 10 Service Flying Training School on the 15th February 1942. Pilot badge awarded and commissioned on the 05th June 1942. With Central Flying School on the 20th June 1942. Joined No. 12 Service Flying Training School as a flight instructor in August 1942. A total of 384 flying hours logged.
Son of Clifford Harris Thompson (Died 1969 age 87) and of Nell Beatrice Thompson (née Hay - died 1973, age 86 - married 1913), of Dannevirke, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. Epitaph; 'Born At Dannevirke Hawkes Bay New Zealand Killed On Active Service'. | |||||||
4048 | Thomson | Adam Haddon | Sergeant Wireless Operator/Air Gunner | NZ41612 | D.F.M. | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 218Sqn | 1942-11-09 | Stirling | I | W7475 | HA-H | RAF Downham Market, Norfolk | 1755 | Hamburg | Shot down by flak. Crashed at Lashorst, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | Killed | Hannover War Cemetery. Coll Grave No. 12.G.13-19 | Read Archive Report | |||||||||
4049 | Thomson | John Gordon | Flying Officer | NZ/413510 | New Zealand | Pilot | CVSA | RNZAF | Fighter Command | 485Sqn RNZAF | 1943-10-20 | Spitfire | IX | jk762 | OU-? | RAF Hornchurch, Essex | 09:05 | Rodeo 263 | See archive report for further details | Killed | Eernegem Communal Cemetery Belgium | Born on the 10th March 1922 in Palmerston North. Worked as a clerk for Shell Oil, Wellington. Enlisted on the 15th June 1941. Joined 485 squadron on the 23rd September 1943. Son of Donald Sage Luther Macdonald Thomson (died 11th May 1955, age 61) and of Ruth Isabel Thomson (née Green - died 20th December 1970, age 78), of Palmerston North, Wellington, New Zealand. A total of 561 flying hours logged and on his 21st operational sortie. | Read Archive Report | ||||||
4050 | Thomson | J S | Flying Officer | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 619Sqn | 1944-04-20 | Lancaster | I | W4127 | PG-D | Dunholme Lodge | 2207 | la Chapelle | Killed | Poix-de-la-Somme |
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