Personnel Index - Detail
Flew 29 Hampden operations as 1st and 2nd pilot between December 1940 and July 1941 with postings in & out in between.
Postd in/Posted out: 03.11.40 From No.14 O.T.U. & attached to SHQ Finningley
Posted in: 17.11.40 From Finningley
Flew operations with 49sqn as Second Pilot
Posted out: 08.02.41 To Finningley for 1st pilot's conversion course
Posted in: 03.04.41 From 14 O.T.U Finningley
Flew operations with 49Sqn as Captain
Pstd out: 03.05.41 To Finningley for BATF course
Posted in: 12.05.41 From BATF course
Flew further operations until mid July 1941
Posted out: 09.08.41 To 25 O.T.U. Finningley
On the 1st January 1945, following further promotions, Flight Lieutenant Thomas Mervyn WELCH (133266), R.A.F.V.R. was awarded the Air Force Cross by the King - having already been Mentioned in Despatches in June 1944.