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Sergeant David William Montague Thomas

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Sergeant David William Montague Thomas

Birth
Death
23 Feb 1941
Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough, Norfolk, England
Burial
Marham, Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough, Norfolk, England Add to Map
Plot
Grave 60.
Memorial ID
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1941 March Quarter death registration-
Name: Thomas, David W. M.---Age: 27
District: King's Lynn (Volume & Page: 4b & 819)

115 RAF Squadron’s Vickers Wellington Mk IC (#R1221) aircraft, with a crew of six, took flight from its base at RAF Marham in Norfolk; it was one of 29 Wellingtons (nine of which were from 115 Squadron) despatched on an air operation targeting Germany’s Hipper Class Cruiser warships in the harbour near Brest in France. R1221 was on its return to base when it crashed, after flying into a tree near East Winch, about 5 miles from King’s Lynn, taking the lives of the crew.
The six airmen who perished in this accident were-
RAFVR Sergeant David William Montague THOMAS,
RAF Sergeant Thomas Herbert Melvin SIMMONDS,
RAFVR Sergeant Edwin Joseph MILTON,
RAFVR Sergeant John Henry EADES,
RAFVR Sergeant Kenneth KENNARD and
RAFVR Sergeant Ronald Henry GRAY.

Military Service-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Pilot
Service No: 903395
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 115 Squadron
1941 March Quarter death registration-
Name: Thomas, David W. M.---Age: 27
District: King's Lynn (Volume & Page: 4b & 819)

115 RAF Squadron’s Vickers Wellington Mk IC (#R1221) aircraft, with a crew of six, took flight from its base at RAF Marham in Norfolk; it was one of 29 Wellingtons (nine of which were from 115 Squadron) despatched on an air operation targeting Germany’s Hipper Class Cruiser warships in the harbour near Brest in France. R1221 was on its return to base when it crashed, after flying into a tree near East Winch, about 5 miles from King’s Lynn, taking the lives of the crew.
The six airmen who perished in this accident were-
RAFVR Sergeant David William Montague THOMAS,
RAF Sergeant Thomas Herbert Melvin SIMMONDS,
RAFVR Sergeant Edwin Joseph MILTON,
RAFVR Sergeant John Henry EADES,
RAFVR Sergeant Kenneth KENNARD and
RAFVR Sergeant Ronald Henry GRAY.

Military Service-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Pilot
Service No: 903395
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 115 Squadron

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