Birth Date: 1924-June-05
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Home: Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, Canada
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
76 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Resolute
Base
RAF Holme on Spalding Moor
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Air Gunner (Mid-Upper)
Service Numbers
R/213001
PoW: 662
Juvisy France
Sergeant Thomas Cameron Guy (RCAF), evaded for a time but was captured 1944-06-22 and held first at Fresnes Prison in France. Sent to the SS-controlled Wiesbaden Prison and finally Stalag Luft 7. Guy was liberated and safe, back in the UK 1945-05-13
Footprints on the Sands of Time, RAF Bomber Command Prisoners of War in Germany 1939-45 by Oliver Clutton-Brock, page 308
76 Squadron (Resolute) RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor. Halifax Mk II MZ 351I MP-D was lost on an operation to attack rail communications at Juvisy France.
The Halifax was shot down by flak after completing bomb run. Aircraft was abandoned by the crew and crashed near Etampes, Essonne, France
Warrant Officer Class 1 Donald Clark (RCAF), Sergeant Thomas Cameron Guy (RCAF), Warrant Officer Class II Gerald Conway Heddle (RCAF), Pilot Officer Philip Russel Hunt (RCAF) and Warrant Officer Class II James Frederick McGarvey (RCAF) all survived to become Prisoners of War
Sergeant Robert Dodds (RCAF) and Sergeant William Henry Eggleston (RAFVR) survived and both evaded capture as Evaders
Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database
Search for France-Crashes 39-45
07/08 06 76 Squadron, Halifax III MZ531 Sergeant Phillip R Hunt RAF Hom...
23 Lancasters from 408 and 419squadrons were joined by 97 Halifaxes from 420, 425, 426, 429, 431, 432, 433, and 434squadrons in attacking the road/rail junction at Acheres and the rail yards at Versailles. The crews were over the targets at between 3,000 and7,000feet releasing 930,000 lbs of high explosives. According to reports, these targets were accurately bombed.
While the above crews were attacking Acheres and Versailles, 8 Halifaxes from 424 squadron were ordered on a mining operationto Lorient. The crews were over the garden at 15,000 feet, sowing 32@1500lb mines. All crews returned safely to base. Richard Koval (6bombergroup.ca)
76 Squadron (Resolute) RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor. Halifax Mk II MZ 351I MP-D was lost on an operation to attack rail communications at Juvisy France.
The Halifax was shot down by flak after completing bomb run. Aircraft was abandoned by the crew and crashed near Etampes, Essonne, France
Warrant Officer Class 1 Donald Clark (RCAF), Sergeant Thomas Cameron Guy (RCAF), Warrant Officer Class II Gerald Conway Heddle (RCAF), Pilot Officer Philip Russel Hunt (RCAF) and Warrant Officer Class II James Frederick McGarvey (RCAF) all survived to become Prisoners of War
Sergeant Robert Dodds (RCAF) and Sergeant William Henry Eggleston (RAFVR) survived and both evaded capture as Evaders
Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database
Search for France-Crashes 39-45
07/08 06 76 Squadron, Halifax III MZ531 Sergeant Phillip R Hunt RAF Hom...
