Thomas, Gwilym Rhys
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Gwilym Rhys |
Surname | Thomas |
Gender | M |
Age | |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 13-09-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of William Henry Thomas, and of Helen Taylor Thomas, of Bierton, Buckinghamshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | de Havilland Mosquito XVI |
Serial Number | MM126 |
Markings | P3-F |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 212. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 252 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 174290 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 692 (Fellowship of the Bellows) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to former Main Entrance, Graveley, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone Inscribed Slate Tablet |
Memorial Text | A memorial to 692 Sqn and 35 Sqn which flew from RAF Graveley during WW2 |
Miscellaneous Information
It is thought that both officers were buried locally, although they are now commemorated on the Runnymede memorial, suggesting that their graves could not be located during an attempt to move their bodies to a concentration cemetery |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2363/2 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2216/15 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 13-09-1944 |
End Date | 14-09-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Gransden Lodge |
Day/Night Raid | Night (11% moon) |
Operation | Berlin. 36 Mosquitoes, 2 losses |
Reason for Loss | Takeoff 2046 Gransden Lodge. The aircraft was coned by searchlights and shot down by a night fighter flown by Oberfeldwebel Egbert Jaacks of I./Nachtjagdgruppe 10. at 2300 hrs. Crashed with full bomb load near to Linum, north of Nauen, Germany |