Curphey, Thomas George (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1944-July-29

Flying Officer Thomas George Curphey RCAF

Birth Date: 1922-March-13

Born:

Parents: Thomas Christian Curphey & Eva May Curphey

Spouse:

Home: Winnipeg, Manitoba (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

50 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Sic Fidem Servamus Thus we keep faith

Base

RAF Skellingthorpe

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

J/86491
Prev: R/92944

Home
Google MapWinnipeg, Manitoba (parents)
Target
Google MapStuttgart Germany
Temporary Burial
Google MapWar Cemetery At Durnbach, Germany

Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied

Final Burial
Google MapDurnbach War Cemetery
Plot 9 Row G Coll Grave 23-28

Took off from Skellingthorpe at 22:18 in Lancaster Mk I (Sqn code VN-D Bomber Command) on an operation to Stuttgart Germany.

Aircraft was shot down (means not found) and crashed at Pforzheim Baden, Germany during night operations against Stuttgart, Germany.

Killed includes Curphey: Flying Officer Mervyn Lloyd George Lovering, RCAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave Plot 9. Row G. Graves 23-28. Flying Officer Gordon Edwin Sholte, RCAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery, Coll. grave Plot 9. Row G. Graves 23-28. Sergeant Dennis Roy Allen RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany Sergeant Herbert Lambert RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany Sergeant Idris Wynne Lewis RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany Sergeant Robert Heddleston Farquhar Wilson RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave Finadagrave.com

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)