Calderwood, Thomas McWhirter
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Thomas McWhirter |
Surname | Calderwood |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 10-08-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Alexander and Annie Calderwood, of Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | W7709 |
Markings | LQ-J |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot JJ. Grave 104. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 140 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 118607 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 405 (Vancouver) |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to Village Windmill, Mill Rd, Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone with inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Remembering 405 (Vancouver) Sqn. PFF at Gransden Lodge 1942 - 1945 |
Location | St. Bartholomew's Church, Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window, RoH and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating the 801 airmen of 405 Sqn. RCAF who gave their lives 1941 - 1945 |
Location | Pocklington Gliding Club, Pocklington Airfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Marble Pillar and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of 102 (Ceylon) and 405 (Vancouver) Sqns. Pocklington Airfield |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1787/30 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1787/29 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 09-08-1942 |
End Date | 10-08-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Topcliffe |
Day/Night Raid | Night (4% moon) |
Operation | Osnabruck. 192 aircraft. Visibility was good but marker flares had been dropped over a wide area, making the resultant bombing equally widespread. The docks area was badly damaged, however |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed NE of Helmond, Holland |