Eyre, Thomas Frank
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Thomas Frank |
Surname | Eyre |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
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
Fellow Servicemen
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. |