Thomas, Douglas Osborne
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Douglas Osborne |
Surname | Thomas |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 13-05-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Harold E. Thomas, and of Agnes T. Thomas, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | LW499 |
Markings | C8-G |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Belgium |
Burial/Memorial Place | Schoonselhof Cemetery |
Grave Reference | IVa. E. 36-42 (Coll.) |
Epitaph | AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER HIM |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 252 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/87559 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 640 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Canada |
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 |
Miscellaneous Information
All were initially buried in Fort 3 British Cemetery, Antwerp. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2216/10 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2157/9 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 12-05-1944 |
End Date | 13-05-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Leconfield |
Day/Night Raid | Night (77% moon) |
Operation | Hasselt- to attack railway yards. 132 aircraft but only 39 bombed and all missed the target due to haze. The Master Bomber ordered that the raid be stopped. Five Lancasters Lost (3.8%). |
Reason for Loss | Shot down at 00:20 by a night-fighter flown by Oblt. Josef Nabrich, of 3./NJG1, 4 km North of Larum (Antwerpen) at 3000m and crashed near Genk, Belgium. |