Warne, Thomas Herbert
Personal Information
Rank | WO2 |
Forename(s) | Thomas Herbert |
Surname | Warne |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 18-02-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Samuel Kernick Warne and of Isabelle Warne (Nee Munro), of Kennedy, Saskatchewan, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster l |
Serial Number | W4270 |
Markings | QR-T |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Newark-Upon-Trent Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sec. P. Grave 307. |
Epitaph | I HOPE TO MEET MY PILOT FACE TO FACE WHEN I HAVE CROSSED THE BAR - A. TENNYSON - (Extract from the poem Crossing the Bar by Alfred Tennyson) |
Ribbon Stone | 0003 (Block 1, Column 1, Row 3) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 112 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/102085 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 61 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Warne Island, Saskatchewan |
Country | Canada |
Memorial Type | Island |
Memorial Text |
Location | St. Mary's Churchyard, Staunton-in-the-Vale, Nottinghamshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone, Propeller Blade & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | This memorial is to commemorate the lives of the crew of Lancaster W4270 which crashed one mile North-West of this site on the 18th February 1943 "Per Purum Tonates" "Thundering through the clean air" |
Location | International Bomber Command Centre, Lincoln, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed stone tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of the crew of Lanc W4270 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/578/4 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/578/3 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 18-02-1943 |
End Date | 18-02-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Syerston |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Training |
Reason for Loss | Aircraft took of for a training flight and crashed at 2256 hrs in the circuit of Bottesford airfield Leicestershire. There were no survivors |