Thomas, Clyde Harold (2nd-Lieutenant)

Prisoner of War 1919-February-28

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Birth Date: 1893-June-29

Born: Center, Marion,Kansas

Parents: John Charles Thomas & Mary Harriet Thomas

Spouse: Nellie Lorena Badgwell

Home: San Pablo, Contra Costa, California, USA

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAF

Unit

(RAF)

Base

Rank

2nd-Lieutenant

Position

pilot

Service Numbers

Thomas was missing in DH.9, D-7362. He was hit by fire from an enemy aircraft and landed in enemy territory just South-West of Charleroi, on a photo recce mission. He was made a POW and was repatriated 1919-02-28. His air gunner, 2nd-Lieut James Hamilton Reid Smith, (British) age 19, was killed in the crash.

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