Thom, Donald Sutherland (Flight Lieutenant)

Prisoner of War 1940-May-25

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Birth Date: unkown date

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Home: Edmonton, Alberta

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RAF

Unit

73 (RAF)

Base

Rank

Flight Lieutenant

Position

Flight Lieutenant

Service Numbers

39606

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London Gazette issue : 35065 , Dated 1941-02-04 , Download 35065. The undermentioned Flying Officers are promoted to the war substantive rank of Flight Lieutenant: "” 3rd Sept. 1940. Donald Sutherland THOM (39606)

From National Archives UK - Flight Lieutenant D S Thom: prisoner of war; Hurricane P2880 in air operations, 25 May... Ordering and viewing options This record has not been digitised and cannot be downloaded. You can order records in advance to be ready for you when you visit Kew. You will need a reader's ticket to do this. Or, you can request a quotation for a copy to be sent to you. Book a visit Request a copy Reference: AIR 81/598 Description: Flight Lieutenant D S Thom: prisoner of war; Hurricane P2880 in air operations, 25 May 1940 Date: 1940 Jan 01 - 1944 Dec 31 Held by: The National Archives, Kew Former reference in its original department: P 352441/40

ORB for Squadron 73 for this date does not reference a Flight Lieutenant Thom

London Gazette supplement : 37179 , Dated 1945-07-13 , Download 37179. Commission relinquished. Fit. Lt. D. S. THOM (39606) (on account of* medical unfitness for Air Force service) retaining his rank. i8th June 1945.

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Hurricane serial: P2880

Hawker Hurricane Mk IIc.
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The Hawker Hurricane is a single-seat fighter aircraft of the 1930s"“1940s that was designed and predominantly built by Hawker Aircraft Ltd. for service with the Royal Air Force (RAF). The Hurricane developed through several versions, as bomber-interceptors, fighter-bombers, and ground support aircraft in addition to fighters. Versions designed for the Navy were popularly known as the Sea Hurricane, with modifications enabling their operation from ships. Some were converted to be used as catapult-launched convoy escorts. By the end of production in July 1944, 14,487 Hurricanes had been completed in Britain and Canada.

A major manufacturer of the Hurricane was Canadian Car and Foundry at their factory in Fort William (now Thunder Bay), Ontario. The facility's chief engineer, Elsie MacGill, became known as the "Queen of the Hurricanes". The initiative was commercially led rather than governmentally, but was endorsed by the British government; Hawker, having recognized that a major conflict was all but inevitable after the Munich Crisis of 1938, drew up preliminary plans to expand Hurricane production via a new factory in Canada. Under this plan, samples, pattern aircraft, and a complete set of design documents stored on microfilm, were shipped to Canada; the RCAF ordered 20 Hurricanes to equip one fighter squadron and two more were supplied to Canadian Car and Foundry as pattern aircraft but one probably did not arrive. The first Hurricane built at Canadian Car and Foundry was officially produced in February 1940. As a result, Canadian-built Hurricanes were shipped to Britain to participate in events such as the Battle of Britain. Canadian Car and Foundry (CCF) was responsible for the production of 1,451 Hurricanes. Wikipedia and Harold A Skaarup Web Page


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