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DUNK, Thomas

Personal Information
Rank F/O
Forename(s) Thomas William
Surname Dunk
Gender M
Age 32
Decorations
Date of death 08-06-1944
Next of kin Son of Charles Henry Dunk, and of Minnie Priscilla Dunk, of Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia.
Aircraft Information
Aircraft Avro Lancaster III
Serial Number LM575
Markings LS-H
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country France
Burial/Memorial Place Plaisir Communal Cemetery
Grave Reference .
Epitaph
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 158
Enlistment information
Service Number 160014
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group 3
Squadron 15 (XV)
Trade Air Gunner
Country of origin if different Rhodesia
Fellow Servicemen
Aitken R B (W/O)
Last Operation information
Start Date 07-06-1944
End Date 08-06-1944
Takeoff Station Mildenhall
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Massy-Palaiseau to bomb railway installations. Part of a 337 bomber strong force to bomb various lines of communications behind the Normandy beachhead. There was less cloud cover than the previous night with all targets being accurately bombed and fewer civilians killed. Because the targets were further inland than recent raids, the German night-fighters had a greater opportunity to infiltrate the bomber stream and as a result, losses were higher. 28 aircraft were Lost (8.3%).
Reason for Loss Crashed between Jouars-Pontchartrain and Plaisir, France