Aldridge, Thomas
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Thomas |
Surname | Aldridge |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 25-07-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of John Thomas Richard and Martha Ann Stevenson Aldridge, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | HR941 |
Markings | NP-A |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Kiel War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 4. J. 18. |
Epitaph | OUR LOSS IS GREAT, WE'LL NOT COMPLAIN. WE KNOW IN HEAVEN WE'LL MEET AGAIN |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 121 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/177535 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 158 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Aldridge Lake, Manitoba; 30km south of Caribou River Park Reserve |
Country | Canada |
Memorial Type | Lake |
Memorial Text |
Location | St. James of Compostola Church, Lissett, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Memorial to 158 Sqn, RAF Lissett 28th February 1943 - 17th August 1946 |
Location | St. James of Compostola Church, Lissett, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window & Inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | A stained glass window in memory of 158 Sqn RAF |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1048/37 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1048/36 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 24-07-1943 |
End Date | 25-07-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Lissett |
Day/Night Raid | Night (42% moon) |
Operation | Hamburg. 791 aircraft, 12 losses (1.5%). Clear conditions over the target and only a light wind. This was the first raid in which Window was used. A mixture of H2S and visual marking was used and although initial bombing was concentrated, creepback was particularly evident with a corridor of fire some 6 miles long developing. Approximately 1500 civilian deaths- the greatest number in a raid outside the reach of Oboe. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed near Schleswig, Germany |