Addison, Thomas William Sheridan (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1942-August-12

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Birth Date: 1912-May-21

Born: Mackay, Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia

Parents: Son of William Sheridan Addison and Adria Scougall Addison, of Charleville, Queensland, Australia

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Home: Charleville, Queensland, Australia

Enlistment: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Enlistment Date: 1940-October-11

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Lancaster Mk.I R5746

Bombing 1942-August-12 to 1942-August-12

50 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Swinderby

50 Squadron (From Defense To Attack), RAF Swinderby. Lancaster I aircraft R 5746 VN-Q was lost during operations against targets in Le Havre, France. The cause of loss was not determined but the entire crew was lost when the bomber crashed near the target area

Flight Sergeant John Manley Lowe (RCAF), Sergeant Joel Bogard (RAFVR), Sergeant Alexander Ashcroft Waldie (RAF), Pilot Officer David Gray (RAF), Sergeant Geoffrey Browning McCloy (RAAF), Sergeant William Paul Taylor (RAAF) and Flight Sergeant Thomas william Sheridan Addison (RAAF) were all killed in action

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The Avro Lancaster is a British Second World War heavy bomber. It was designed and manufactured by Avro as a contemporary of the Handley Page Halifax, both bombers having been developed to the same specification, as well as the Short Stirling, all three aircraft being four-engined heavy bombers adopted by the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the same wartime era.

The Lancaster has its origins in the twin-engine Avro Manchester which had been developed during the late 1930s in response to the Air Ministry Specification P.13/36 for a capable medium bomber for "world-wide use". Originally developed as an evolution of the Manchester (which had proved troublesome in service and was retired in 1942), the Lancaster was designed by Roy Chadwick and powered by four Rolls-Royce Merlins and in one version, Bristol Hercules engines. It first saw service with RAF Bomber Command in 1942 and as the strategic bombing offensive over Europe gathered momentum, it was the main aircraft for the night-time bombing campaigns that followed. As increasing numbers of the type were produced, it became the principal heavy bomber used by the RAF, the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and squadrons from other Commonwealth and European countries serving within the RAF, overshadowing the Halifax and Stirling. Wikipedia

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