Date of birth:

January 1st, 1915 (Highland Village/Nova Scotia, Canada)

Date of death:

December 23rd, 1944 (Opitter/Limburg, Belgium)

Buried on:

Canadian War Cemetery Groesbeek
Plot: XVII. Row: B. Grave: 7.

Service number:

J/94493

Nationality:

Canadian

Pilot Officer
Royal Canadian Air Force
582 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

On December 23, 1944 at 10:23h, Avro Lancaster Mk III PB523 of 582 Squadron departed Little Staughton from England in bad weather for a bombing mission on Cologne (Germany).
The aircraft was hit, after which five crew members jumped from the plane.
Captain Thomas flew on with the injured W/O Frederick Campbell to reach liberated territory. Both were killed in the crash at 1:15 p.m. in Opitter. Frederick Campbell had been married for barely 14 days.

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