72030 Squadron Leader
Philip Michael Herman Thomas B.A. (Hons)
The Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
423 Squadron.
Aged 25.
Son of Arthur Hermann Thomas, M.A., LL.D., and Marie Louise Sophie née [Andreae or Andress] Thomas.
They were married in 1902, in Camberwell, London.
His birth was registered in Bromley district, Kent, in the quarter ended March 1918.
Husband of Daphne Gertrude née Bryant Thomas, of Hassocks, Sussex. They were married in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, in the quarter ended June 1940.
He was a graduate of Trinity College, Cambridge.
423 Squadron flew Short S.25 Sunderland "Flying Boats" during WW2, operating from RAF Oban, Argyll & Bute, RAF Castle Archdale, Co. Fermanagh, and RAF Pembroke Dock, Wales. Its role was to provide protection to Atlantic convoys, and to hunt German Submarines. It had an early form of radar, which was used to detect submarines on the surface, particularly at night, when recharging their batteries. Patrols often lasted for 14 hours, so it carried additional pilots who could rest between shifts.
W/6013 crashed at Knocklayd Mountain, near Ballycastle, Co. Antrim, on 5 December 1943.
The crew comprised
Philip Michael Herman Thomas
Pilot.
Herbert Douglas Blair
Pilot.
Frank Moss
Pilot.
Randall Hunter
Flight Engineer.
David Cowan Douglas
Wireless Operator Mechanic / Air Gunner
Edward Lowson
Donald Thomas Bromhead
Air Gunner.
Christopher Edward George Wellington
Air Gunner.
George Wilkinson
Air Gunner.
72030 Squadron Leader
Philip Michael Herman Thomas B.A. (Hons)
The Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
423 Squadron.
Aged 25.
Son of Arthur Hermann Thomas, M.A., LL.D., and Marie Louise Sophie née [Andreae or Andress] Thomas.
They were married in 1902, in Camberwell, London.
His birth was registered in Bromley district, Kent, in the quarter ended March 1918.
Husband of Daphne Gertrude née Bryant Thomas, of Hassocks, Sussex. They were married in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, in the quarter ended June 1940.
He was a graduate of Trinity College, Cambridge.
423 Squadron flew Short S.25 Sunderland "Flying Boats" during WW2, operating from RAF Oban, Argyll & Bute, RAF Castle Archdale, Co. Fermanagh, and RAF Pembroke Dock, Wales. Its role was to provide protection to Atlantic convoys, and to hunt German Submarines. It had an early form of radar, which was used to detect submarines on the surface, particularly at night, when recharging their batteries. Patrols often lasted for 14 hours, so it carried additional pilots who could rest between shifts.
W/6013 crashed at Knocklayd Mountain, near Ballycastle, Co. Antrim, on 5 December 1943.
The crew comprised
Philip Michael Herman Thomas
Pilot.
Herbert Douglas Blair
Pilot.
Frank Moss
Pilot.
Randall Hunter
Flight Engineer.
David Cowan Douglas
Wireless Operator Mechanic / Air Gunner
Edward Lowson
Donald Thomas Bromhead
Air Gunner.
Christopher Edward George Wellington
Air Gunner.
George Wilkinson
Air Gunner.
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