Nixon, Thomas Arthur
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Thomas Arthur |
Surname | Nixon |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 27-05-1940 |
Next of Kin | Son of Robert Reddoch Nixon and Ann Crawford Nixon, of Wallington, Surrey. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Hampden I |
Serial Number | L4158 |
Markings |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Vale of Leven Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sec. C2. Grave 73-74. |
Epitaph | AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER (From the Fallen Poem by Robert Laurence Binyon (1869-1943) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 219 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 42518 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | |
Squadron | 16 OTU |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Village Churchyard, Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Dedicated to the memory of British and Commonwealth Pilots and Aircrew of No. 16 OTU Bomber Command RAF Upper Heyford |
Casualty Pack Number Find Out More
AIR 81/2168 (P352430/40) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 27-05-1940 |
End Date | 27-05-1940 |
Takeoff Station | Upper Heyford |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Navigation exercise with a second Hampden |
Reason for Loss | Both machines collided over the Bristol Channel, one of the seven crew members involved surviving |