Burrough, Thomas Noel Challoner
Personal Information
Rank | S/L |
Forename(s) | Thomas Noel Challoner |
Surname | Burrough |
Gender | M |
Age | 35 |
Decorations | DFC |
Date of Death | 31-01-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of The Revd. Canon Charles James Burrough, M.A. (Oxon.), and Lucy Mabel Burrough, of Sneyd Park, Gloucestershire. M.A. (Oxon.), Barrister. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Manchester I |
Serial Number | L7396 |
Markings | QR-E |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 65. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 15 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 84274 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 61 |
Squadron Motto | Per puram tonantes (Thundering through the clear air) |
Trade | Observer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/577/26 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/577/25 |
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 31-01-1942 |
End Date | 01-02-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Woolfox Lodge |
Day/Night Raid | Night (100% moon) |
Operation | Brest |
Reason for Loss | Last heard transmitting distress signals, plotted some 50 miles S of Plymouth. Two RN destroyers despatched to search area but found noting. One crew member's body washed up on the Isles of Scilly. |