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TOMKINSON, Claude

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Short Stirling III
Serial Number EH933
Markings
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country United Kingdom
Burial/Memorial Place Dolphinholme (St. Mark) Churchyard
Grave Reference South of Church..
Epitaph AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM (From For The Fallen by Laurence Binyon)
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 1
Panel Number 107
Enlistment information
Service Number 811121
Service Royal Air Force (Auxiliary Air Force)
Group 5
Squadron 1660 HCU
Trade Navigator
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Last Operation information
Start Date 26-01-1944
End Date 27-01-1944
Takeoff Station Swinderby
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Night cross country exercise
Reason for Loss Broke up at high altitude over Devon, the wreckage being scattered over a wide area, the main parts of the fuselage falling at Exton, near Somerset (and not Exton near Exeter as frequently reported)