Tarrant, Thomas Stephen Archer
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Thomas Stephen Archer |
Surname | Tarrant |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 02-02-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Stephen Tarrant, and of Beatrice Elizabeth Tarrant, of Fitzroy, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | NG381 |
Markings | VN-A |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Durnbach War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 8. G. 22. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 104 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 428165 |
Service | Royal New Zealand Air Force |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 50 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | New Zealand |
Other Memorials
Location | Birchwood Way, Birchwood Estate, Lincoln, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial & Inscribed Marble Obolisk |
Memorial Text | To the memory of the Air Crews and Ground Staff who gave their lives whilst serving with No 50 Squadron and No 61 Squadron, 5 group, Bomber Command The Royal Air Force 2nd World War 1939 to 1945. No 50 Squadron "From defence to attack" Operated from Waddi |
Location | Memorial Gardens, Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial with Inscribed Marble Stone |
Memorial Text | Royal Air Force Skellingthorpe. My brief sweet life is over, My eyes no longer see, No Christmas Trees, No summer walks, No pretty girls for me, I've got the chop - I've had it, My nightly ops are done, Yet in another 100 years I'll still be twenty one. R |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/489/4 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/489/3 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 02-02-1945 |
End Date | 03-02-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Skellingthorpe |
Day/Night Raid | Night (72% moon) |
Operation | Karlsruhe |
Reason for Loss | Cause of crash not established. The aircraft is believed to have crashed at Pforzheim. |