Pugh, Thomas George Griffiths
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Thomas George Griffiths |
Surname | Pugh |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 23-09-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of George G. Pugh and Agnes Pugh. Husband of Lilian Ellen Pugh, of Ilford, Essex. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | ED868 |
Markings | OF-A |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Rheinberg War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 8. C. 16. |
Epitaph | GRATITUDE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 229 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1317570 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 97 (Straits Settlements) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Church of the Holy Spirit, RAF Coningsby, Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window |
Memorial Text | A stained glass window remembering 97 Sqn in the Church of the Holy Spirit, RAF Coningsby |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/767/18 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/767/17 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 23-09-1943 |
End Date | 24-09-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Bourn |
Day/Night Raid | Night (25% moon) |
Operation | Mannheim- to bomb the northern part of the city which had not sustained much damage in raids earlier this month. 628 aircraft and the now familiar five American B-17s. 32 aircraft Lost (5.1%). Target marking and bombing were accurate but some creepback took place, meaning that towards the end of the raid, bombs were falling in open countryside and into Ludwigshafen, causing significant damage to the I. G. Farben chemical plant. The neighbouring town of Frankenthal was completely burnt out. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Ruchheim, west of Ludwigshafen, Germany |