Personnel Index - Detail

Name
THOMAS
First Names
Owen Dixon
Rank
F/O
Service
RAF
Service Number
45490
Crew Position
Pilot
PoW Camp(s)
-
Age
29
Date of Death
17/09/1942
Cemetery

 

Photographed by Malcolm Brooke

16/17 September, 1942; ESSEN:

The squadron detailed 13 aircraft for an attack on the Krupps works in Essen. The town received a scattered but damaging raid from over 360 bombers, but RAF losses were high, losing 39 aircraft. One of the 9 Lancaster crews lost, came from 49 Squadron and was captained by one of the unit's Squadron Leaders: Henry Barnard (R5890) and crew were sadly all killed when their aircraft came down in the target area. The crew are now all buried in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, after initially being interred at Nord Friedhof, Düsseldorf.

Lancaster R5890
S/L H.W. Barnard Pilot (Killed)
Sgt K.A. Bouffler F/E (Killed)
F/O O.D. Thomas 2nd Pilot (Killed)
F/S A.B. Brooks DFM W/AG (Killed)
Sgt A.L. Caron RCAF A/G (Killed)
Sgt W.J. Hoban RAAF W/AG (Killed)
P/O D.B. Moody W/AG (Killed)