Thomas, Stephen Joseph
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Stephen Joseph |
Surname | Thomas |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 12-06-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Stephen and Elizabeth Thomas, of Goring-By-Sea, Sussex. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | MZ651 |
Markings | DY-Z |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Autheuil Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 1-6. |
Epitaph | STILL STANDS THINE ANCIENT SACRIFICE, A HUMBLE AND A CONTRITE HEART |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 252 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1398046 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 102 (Ceylon) |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Catherine's Church Barmby Moor, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Roll of Honour in wall mounted wooden case, Sqn Badge above |
Memorial Text | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn Roll of Honour and Sqn badge |
Location | Pocklington Gliding Club, Pocklington Airfield, Easy Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stylised Memorial with inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | Memorial to 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF and 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF which served at RAF Pocklington during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/810/12 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/810/11 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 11-06-1944 |
End Date | 12-06-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Pocklington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (69% moon) |
Operation | Massy-Palaiseau to bomb railway installations. Part of a 671 aircraft force to further hamper lines of communications leading to the Normandy area. Cambrai and Caen attacks were scattered but Amiens, Arras and Poitiers were accurate. 23 aircraft were Lost (3.4%) including that of Charles Mynarski VC, the subject of the Canadian Lancaster 'Vera'. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Autheuil-Authouillet, NE of Evereux, France |