Oakes, Thomas Leslie
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Thomas Leslie |
Surname | Oakes |
Gender | M |
Age | 31 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 13-08-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Thomas Leslie and Helena Oakes. Husband of Evelyn Oakes, of Croydon, Surrey. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | MZ345 |
Markings | C8-G |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 22. D. 1. |
Epitaph | A LOSS TOO GREAT TO BE TOLD. EVELINE, STEPHEN, HELEN, MUM, DAD AND FAMILY |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 220 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1894334 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 640 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Normandy Barracks, Leconfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Metal Sculpture Brick Pillars and Inscribed Sqn Badges |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those who flew from RAF Leconfield, including 640 Sqn |
Location | Memorial Gardens, Beverley, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone, Inscribed Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those of 640 Sqn who were killed during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2216/16 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2157/15 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 12-08-1944 |
End Date | 13-08-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Leconfield |
Day/Night Raid | Night (30% moon) |
Operation | Russelsheim to bomb the Opel motor factory, with normal PFF marking (unlike the concurrent Braunschweig raid). 297 aircraft, 20 losses (6.7%). Only slight damage was inflicted with may of the bombs falling in open countryside. |
Reason for Loss |