Guthrie, Thomas Crerar
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Thomas Crerar |
Surname | Guthrie |
Gender | M |
Age | 19 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 21-08-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Crerar and Isabella Camilla Guthrie, of Edinburgh. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | NA609 |
Markings | 6U- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Edinburgh (Warriston) Crematorium |
Grave Reference | Panel 2. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 174 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 3020081 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 415 (Swordfish) |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1813/6 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1813/5 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 21-08-1944 |
End Date | 21-08-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Exeter |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Transit- returning to base from Exeter |
Reason for Loss | Collided in the air with a 432 Sqn Halifax (MZ633 QO-B), both crashing between Birkin and West Hadlesey, SW of Selby, Yorkshire |