McKenna, Thomas
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Thomas |
Surname | McKenna |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 23-08-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Joseph and Flora McKenna, of Glasgow. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington X |
Serial Number | JA453 |
Markings |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Glasgow (Sandymount) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Compt. O. Grave 1426. |
Epitaph | IN LOVING MEMORY. AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEE (Poem - For the Fallen by Laurence Binyon) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 71 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1348689 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 93 |
Squadron | 83 OTU |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to Village War Memorial, Cenarth, Carmarthanshire, Wales |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of the crew of Wellington JA453 which crashed while on a night navigation exercise on 23rd August 1944 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 23-08-1944 |
End Date | 23-08-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Peplow |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Night navigation exercise |
Reason for Loss | Lost power and crash-landed at Aberporth airfield in North Wales |