Personnel Index - Detail

Name
CHAMBERLAIN
First Names
Thomas Henry
Rank
Sgt
Service
RAF
Service Number
751740
Crew Position
Air Gunner
Age
22
Date of Death
06/01/1941
Cemetery

 

Photographed by Malcolm Brooke
From the panel at Runnymede
 

The Runnymede image was created by artist Paul Reid using photographs taken by Jo Cockburn and Malcolm Brooke

5/6 January, 1941; MINELAYING:
Ten of the unit's aircraft were dispatched on minelaying sorties, 5 being successful. On return, the remaining aircraft were diverted to St Eval, but tragically P4322 piloted by Gordon Price DFM, failed to land. The Hampden is believed to have crashed into the sea 20 miles off the South coast; all four crew members were reported missing.

Hampden P4322 (EA-N)
P/O G.E. Price DFM Pilot (Missing)
Sgt T.H. Chamberlain (Missing)
Sgt C.A. Small (Rep of Ire) W/OP (Missing)
Sgt W.B.C. Winning 2nd Pilot (Missing)