Eyre, Thomas Frank
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Thomas Frank |
Surname | Eyre |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Date of Death | 11-11-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Thomas and Evelina Beatrice Eyre, of Muradup, Western Australia. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | NF917 |
Markings | PO-Q |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Kiel War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 5. D. 7. |
Epitaph | HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 33 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 427077 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 467 (Australian) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Mary the Virgin Church, Bottesford, Leicestershire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | RoH in wooden cabinet |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour remembering all 467 (RAAF) Sqn personnel who failed to return from Ops at RAF Bottesford |
Location | SHQ, RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | External Clock & Internal inscribed Brass Plaque |
Memorial Text | A commemorative clock in memory of the members of 463 and 467 Sqns RAAF who served at RAF Waddington during WW2 |
Location | Memorial Gardens, RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Propeller & Inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | A memorial to the members of 463 and 467 Sqns RAAF who served at RAF Waddington during WW2 |
Location | Bar Lane, Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Clock and inscribed Wooden Plaque |
Memorial Text | A memorial clock to the members of 463 and 467 Sqns RAAF who served with Bomber Command during WW2 |
Miscellaneous Information
Flt Sgt Nilen became a PoW and the other six members of the crew were killed. In a later report F/S Nilen said “At 20,250 feet on course to target, visibility bad with misty cloud all above and below. We were all on lookout for target but must have overshot. I suddenly picked up TI’s behind, so Skipper decided to orbit and come on to target on current heading. Just as we dropped the starboard wing we were hit. I surmise it was in the bomb load. The ship must have disintegrated. When I came to I was travelling down, so I pulled the ripcord and landed breaking my leg in so doing. Only for having my seat type chute I would not have had a chance. Believe all the crew were killed. Picked up by Germans. Prisoner on 13 November 1944 until 29 May 1945 when liberated by American Army. I was in various German hospitals with broken leg for approx 3 months.” (467 Squadron RAAF World War 2 Fatalities - Alan Storr) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1931/22 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1931/21 |
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 | 11-11-1944 |
End Date | 12-11-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Waddington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (14% moon) |
Operation | Harburg |
Reason for Loss | Aircraft took off at 1630hrs. Cause of loss not established. Aircraft crashed Ramelsloh about 7km SW of Stelle and 16km south of Hamburg. |