Lawton, Thomas Henry
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Thomas Henry |
Surname | Lawton |
Gender | M |
Age | |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 06-08-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Charles Henry and Mary May Lawton, of Gorton, Manchester. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington III |
Serial Number | X3360 |
Markings | VR-R |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 18. D. 14. |
Epitaph | IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR SON WHO GAVE HIS LIFE IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 197 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 643746 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 419 (Moose) |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Church of St. John, Beck Row, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Tablet on rear external wall of Church |
Memorial Text | In remembrance of all who served at RAF Mildenhall and associated aerodromes in the cause of freedom, 1939-1945 |
Location | Outside Former St. Georges Hotel, Teesside Airport, County Durham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Memorial Tablet on Stone Memorial |
Memorial Text | A memorial to Nos 419, 420 and 428 Sqns RCAF who flew from RAF Middleton St George during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1822/16 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1822/15 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 05-08-1942 |
End Date | 06-08-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Mildenhall |
Day/Night Raid | Night (31% moon) |
Operation | Essen. 17 aircraft, guided by Gee but then the bomb the target visually using gaps in the clouds |
Reason for Loss | Shot down close to Kleve and crashed in Bedburg, SW of Kleve, Germany, near the Dutch border. The airmen who perished were all buried in Bedburg before being being moved to Reichswald Forest War Cemetery in April 1947. |