Best, Thomas
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Thomas |
Surname | Best |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 02-04-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Jeremiah and Ann Best. Husband of Thelma Elizabeth Best, of Woodstock, Ontario, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington IC |
Serial Number | Z8805 |
Markings | BU- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Rheinberg War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 1. D. 2. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 130 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/7030 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 214 (Federated Malay States) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Outside former Officers Mess, Stradishall, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial with Inscribed Marble Tablets |
Memorial Text | To commemorate 32 years of service by the men and women of R.A.F. Stradishall 1938 - 1970 |
Location | All Saints Church, Chedburgh, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Plaques and RoH within wooden case |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and scroll remembering the members of the Royal and Polish Air Forces who served at RAF Chedburgh 1942 - 1946 |
Casualty Pack Number Find Out More
AIR 81/13350 (P367408/42) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1321/8 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1321/7 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 01-04-1942 |
End Date | 02-04-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Stradishall |
Day/Night Raid | Night (100% moon) |
Operation | Hanau to bomb railway infrastructure. High losses- 34% of the Wellingtons failed to return, seven of the losses being from 214 Squadron |
Reason for Loss |