Caveney, Thomas James
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Thomas James |
Surname | Caveney |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 03-03-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Thomas and Martha Amy Caveney, of Knutsford, Cheshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling I |
Serial Number | EF333 |
Markings | LS-X |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 144. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 142 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1130074 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 15 (XV) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/203/54 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/203/53 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 03-03-1943 |
End Date | 04-03-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Bourn |
Day/Night Raid | Night (8% moon) |
Operation | Hamburg. 417 aircraft, 10 losses (2.4%). Clear conditions but PFF appear to have misread the H2S indications and confused some sandbanks in the Elbe estuary as being Hamburg docks. As a consequence the majority of the bombing took place on the small town of Wedel where some surprisingly important targets were hit. |
Reason for Loss | Lost without trace |