Baron, Thomas Joseph
Personal Information
Rank | AC1 |
Forename(s) | Thomas Joseph |
Surname | Baron |
Gender | M |
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Date of Death | 30-08-1940 |
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Aircraft Information
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Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Great Harwood Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sec. H. Grave 1827. |
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IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 127 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 638908 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 12 |
Trade | (Uncertain) |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Wickenby Airfield, Wickenby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial with Sculpture of Icarus & Information Board |
Memorial Text | Royal Air Force Wickenby No1 Group Bomber Command 1942-1945 In memory of one thousand and eighty men of 12 & 626 Squadrons who gave their lives on operations from this airfieldin the offensive against Germany and the liberation of occupied Europe Per ardu |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 30-11--0001 |
End Date | 30-11--0001 |
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Reason for Loss | Killed by a bullet which penetrated a ceiling. A verdict of death from haemorrhage as a result of laceration of a main artery by a bullet accidentally discharged from a rifle, in Strabane on Saturday, on Aircraftman Thomas Barron. Gunner Edward Leslie Parsons, Royal Artillery, said that when he came off duty at 4 a.m. on Friday he removed the magazine of his rifle and, thinking it was unloaded, pressed the trigger. The rifle was pointing at the ceiling .. Lance Bombardier Leonard George Barron said that he heard Parsons doing something to his rifle, and in immediately afterwards he heard a shot. Upstairs he heard kicking and moaning. He rushed upstairs and saw Aircraftman Barron wriggling on the floor. (Monday 02 September 1940, Belfast News-Letter, Antrim, Northern Ireland) |