Stephenson, Thomas Aitken (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1942-October-02

Flight Sergeant Thomas Aitken Stephenson RCAF

Birth Date: unkown date

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Home: Guelph, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

78 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Nemo Non Paratus Nobody unprepared

Base

Linton-on-Ouse

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Wireless Air Gunner

Service Numbers

R/84432

Home

Guelph, Ontario

Target

Krefeld Germany

Temporary Burial

Munchen-Gladbach Town Cemetery, near crash site

Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied

Final Burial

Soldaten Friedhof Alliierte Piloten 2WK
2 B 13

78 Squadron (Nemo Non Paratus) RAF Linton-on-Ouse. Halifax BII aircraft W 1275 EY- failed to return from an operation over Krefeld, Germany, believed intercepted by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Reinhold Knacke of the 1/NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Venlo airfield in the Netherlands. The Halifax crashed north of Herongen, Straelen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

FS TA Stephenson (RCAF), FS F Christie (RAFVR), Sergeant HM Clark (RAFVR), Flight Lieutenant GC Foers (RAFVR), Sergeant L Millband (RAF)(AAF) and Pilot Officer VH Parry (RAFVR) were all killed in action

Sergeant TL Kidd (RCAF) and Flying Officer GM Hobbs (RAF) survived and were taken as Prisoners of War

Unvetted Source Allied Losses and Incidents: All Commands