Scott, Thomas Fairfax
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Thomas Fairfax |
Surname | Scott |
Gender | M |
Age | 19 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 27-05-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Thomas and Mary Scott (née Slicer), of La Flèche, Saskatchewan, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax V |
Serial Number | LL286 |
Markings | RV-R |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 256. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 239 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/182724 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 1659 HCU |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Scott Lake, Saskatchewan |
Country | Canada |
Memorial Type | Lake |
Memorial Text |
Miscellaneous Information
Thomas was born on 26 August 1924 at La Flèche, Saskatchewan. His father was born in Glasgow, Scotland and was a soldier and his mother was born at Idle, Yorkshire, England. He had a brother Charles John and sisters Kathleen, Mary and Edith. The schools he attended were Salvador, Saskatchewan 1929-1937, then Senlac, Kelfield, Saskatchewan 1937-1941. He then went on to Nutana Collegiate, Saskatoon. His sport interests were hockey, baseball, tennis and curling. Thomas worked at the Royal Bank, Saskatoon as a clerk, 1941-1942 and then in Lanigan also as a clerk from May 1942 until enlisting on 28 August 1942. |
After training he was posted to the U.K., embarking from New York on 8 October 1943. He arrived at 3 PRC on 17 October, 1(0) AFU 23 November 1943, 24 OTU 24 January 1944, 61 Base 23 April 1944. Very sadly this young man went missing whilst on a training flight, losing his life on 27 May 1944, aged just 19. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 27-05-1944 |
End Date | 27-05-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Topcliffe |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Training- night time high-level cross-country exercise |
Reason for Loss | It is presumed that the aircraft ditched into the sea since two bodies eventually washed ashore |