Lowe, Thomas Bentley
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Thomas Bentley |
Surname | Lowe |
Gender | M |
Age | 28 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 30-03-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of John Bentley Lowe and Florence Emilie Lowe (née Wood), of Rosetown, Saskatchewan, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | HR912 |
Markings | VR-G |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 251. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 201 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/87161 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 419 (Moose) |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
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 |
Miscellaneous Information
Thomas was born at Rosetown, Saskatchewan on 14 July 1915. His father was a shoemaker and both parents were born In England. He worked as a stenographer/time keeper. Thomas attended Oyen Public School 1928-1930 and then Oyen High School 1931-1934 (Jnr. Matric). He also took a secretarial course at Henderson’s Secretarial School 1938-1939. He had a brother John Becket and a sister Phyllis Clara. His sport interests were tennis, swimming and baseball. In 1938 he worked as a Mechanic’s assistant at Freeman Wilson Company and from 1939-1942 for Okalta Oils Ltd. as a Field Secretary, until enlisting. |
After enlisting on 25 April 1942 and completing initial training, he embarked from Halifax on 28 March 1943. He reached the U.K. and 3PRC on 5 April 1943, then 6 (0)AFU 27 July 1943, 24 OTU 24 August 1943, 419 Sqn 6 January 1944, 61 Base 27 February 1944 and finally 419 Squadron on 16 March 1944. Sadly just two weeks later Thomas was to lose his life on 30 March 1944. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1823/6 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1823/5 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 29-03-1944 |
End Date | 30-03-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Middleton St. George |
Day/Night Raid | Night (35% moon) |
Operation | Vaires- to bomb railway yards at Paris-Vaires |
Reason for Loss | Lost without trace |