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F/Lt. Thomas Brodie Herd DFC
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 106 Squadron
from:Broughty Ferry, Dundee
(d.8th Nov 1941)
Thomas Brodie Herd was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Herd of Broughty Ferry, Angus, Dundee, Scotland.
My Grandmother Mary Jane Herd's Uncle was Thomas Herd, Chairman of the Distillers Company (Limited) Edinburgh.
His son F/Lt. T.B. Herd DFC, served with 106 Squadron and died, aged 24, on Saturday, 8th November 1941.
The information I have is that F/Lt. Herd was killed when his aircraft, a Handley-Page Hamden, Serial Number AD932 of No 106 Squadron Coningsby, failed to return from a raid on Essen.
F/Lt. Herd was the pilot of the aircraft. The other three crew members also perished on this operation. I do not have the names of the other crew members.
I would be most grateful for any information on F/L Herd's operations on 106 Squadron.