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Son of Harold E. Thomas, and of Agnes T. Thomas, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Douglas Osborne Thomas
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Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Douglas Osborne Thomas
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Douglas Osborne Thomas
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Douglas Osborne Thomas
P/O Thomas was Pilot and served on 640 (RAF) Squadron. Halifax LW 499 was airborne 2201 on 12 May 1944 from their home base at Leconfield, Yorkshire, on a mission to attack the railway yards at Hasslet, Belgium. Three of the Squadron’s Halifaxes were lost. LW499 was shot down by a night-fighter. Those killed were buried 15 May 1944 in Antwerpen-Deurne and reburied in the Schoonselhof Cemetery.<P>
One member of the crew, Sgt. J. S. Scott, survived and was taken Prisoner of War. Also killed was the 25-year old navigator, F/O John I. Atkins from Newmarket, ON; F/S G. H. Rose, RAAF, and 3 RAF members: Sgt. C. G. Lee, Sgt. D. S. Campbell, and Sgt. L. R. Gee.
Information from //lostbombers.co.uk; CWGC
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Douglas Osborne Thomas
Cross of Sacrifice located in Plots 4 & 4A … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Pilot Officer Douglas Osborne Thomas
Entrance … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Pilot Officer Douglas Osborne Thomas
View of Plot 3 … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Pilot Officer Douglas Osborne Thomas
Grave marker … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Pilot Officer Douglas Osborne Thomas
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Douglas Osborne Thomas
Pilot Officer Douglas Osborne Thomas is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Douglas Osborne Thomas
Pilot Officer Douglas Osborne Thomas is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Douglas Osborne Thomas
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Douglas Osborne Thomas
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Douglas Osborne Thomas
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Douglas Osborne Thomas
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Douglas Osborne Thomas
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Douglas Osborne Thomas
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Douglas Osborne Thomas
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Douglas Osborne Thomas
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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P/O Thomas was Pilot and served on 640 (RAF) Squadron. Halifax LW 499 was airborne 2201 on 12 May 1944 from their home base at Leconfield, Yorkshire, on a mission to attack the railway yards at Hasslet, Belgium. Three of the Squadron’s Halifaxes were lost. LW499 was shot down by a night-fighter. Those killed were buried 15 May 1944 in Antwerpen-Deurne and reburied in the Schoonselhof Cemetery.<P> One member of the crew, Sgt. J. S. Scott, survived and was taken Prisoner of War. Also killed was the 25-year old navigator, F/O John I. Atkins from Newmarket, ON; F/S G. H. Rose, RAAF, and 3 RAF members: Sgt. C. G. Lee, Sgt. D. S. Campbell, and Sgt. L. R. Gee. Information from //lostbombers.co.uk; CWGC
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Cross of Sacrifice located in Plots 4 & 4A … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Entrance … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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View of Plot 3 … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Grave marker … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Pilot Officer Douglas Osborne Thomas is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Pilot Officer Douglas Osborne Thomas is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 460 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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SCHOONSELHOF CEMETERY Belgium
Antwerp lies 57 Km north of Brussels on the E19 and 59 km north east of Gent on the E17 motorway. The cemetery itself is located in Wilrijk, a suburb of Antwerp. From the Bistplein in front of the railway station in Wilrijk follow the Kleinsteenweg for 300 M until you arrive at the ring road. Turn right and follow the ring road for 100 M to the first set of traffic lights and turn left. Go under the flyover and continue straight on over the dual carrageway into Jules Moretus Lei. Follow this street for 1 kilometre and the entrance to the Municipal Cemetery is on your left. After entering the cemetery follow the Commission signs to the three Commission plots at the far end of the cemetery.
Alternatively ask for their location at the office within the cemetery.
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