Warrant Officer Class 2 Galbraith was BROTHER of Pilot Officer Bernard Edwin Galbraith (RCAF) Flight Engineer, 405 City of Vancouver Squadron, Pathfinder Force, killed in action 1944-03-15 on Lancaster aircraft ME 622 LQ-H shot down during operation to Stuttgart, Germany
Galbraith, Thomas Francis (Warrant Officer 2nd Class)
Killed in Action 1944-July-27
Birth Date: 1915-February-17
Born: Vancouver, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada
Parents: Son of James Harold and Mary Ann (nee Fitzpatrick) Galbraith, of Vancouver, British Columbia
Spouse:
Home: Vancouver, British Columbia
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
619 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Ad Altiora To higher things
Base
RAF Dunholme Lodge
Rank
Warrant Officer 2nd Class
Position
Navigator
Service Numbers
R/172370
Target
Givors France
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Lancaster LM484
Mission
Lancaster Mk.I/III LM484
Bombing Givors France 1944-July-26 to 1944-July-27
619 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Dunholme Lodge
619 Squadron (Ad Altoria), RAF Dunholme Lodge. Lancaster III aircraft LM 484 PG-M was shot down by a night fighter near Maisontiers, France during operations against targets in Givors, France with the loss of the entire crew
Warrant Officer Class 2 TF Galbraith (RCAF), FS JG Pearce (RCAF), Sergeant JH Gilliver (RAFVR), Sergeant E Graham (RAFVR), FS L Rothwell (RAAF), Sergeant RJ Thair (RAFVR) and Flying Officer RG Turvey (RAAF) were all killed in action
Lancaster LM484 Mk.I/III - Bombing Givors France - 1944-07-26 to 1944-07-27
Squadron: 619 (B) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1944-07-26
Completion Date: 1944-07-27
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Givors France
Target Specific: rail, communications
Base: RAF Dunholme Lodge
Take Off Time: 21:26
Squadron Code: PG-M
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: France
Crash Specifics: near Maisontiers
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: fighter
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim: unspecified
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619 Squadron (Ad Altoria), RAF Dunholme Lodge. Lancaster III aircraft LM 484 PG-M was shot down by a night fighter near Maisontiers, France during operations against targets in Givors, France with the loss of the entire crew
Warrant Officer Class 2 TF Galbraith (RCAF), FS JG Pearce (RCAF), Sergeant JH Gilliver (RAFVR), Sergeant E Graham (RAFVR), FS L Rothwell (RAAF), Sergeant RJ Thair (RAFVR) and Flying Officer RG Turvey (RAAF) were all killed in action
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