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Sergeant Theophilus Thomas
RAF VR 106 Squadron
(d.2nd January 1944)
Lancaster JB642 bomber with the 106 Squadron on operation to Berlin, lost on the 2nd of January 1944. JB642 was one of two No.106 Sqdn Lancasters lost on this operation. Airborne 0020 2nd January 1944 from Metheringham. Outbound, crashed at Hoya, a town straddling the Weser, 14 km SSW of Verden. Those killed are buried in Hannover War Cemetery.
At 18, Sgt Withington was amongst the youngest to die on air operations in Bomber Command.
P/O F.H.Garnett KIA
Sgt D.McLean KIA
F/S T.J.Thomas KIA
Sgt E.M.J.Pease KIA
Sgt E.Edge KIA
Sgt J.A.Withington KIA
Sgt A.A.E.Elsworthy PoW was interned in Camps 4B/L3, PoW No.269841.