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Flight Sergeant Thomas William Sheridan Addison

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Flight Sergeant Thomas William Sheridan Addison

Birth
Mackay, Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia
Death
12 Aug 1942 (aged 30)
France
Burial
Le Havre, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France Add to Map
Plot
Divn. 67.Row E. Grave 11.
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50 Squadron's Avro Lancaster I (#R5746) bomber aircraft, with an aircrew of seven took off from RAF Swinderby on an air operation over the seaside docks at Le Havre, France. R5746 failed to return to base and it was learned the Lancaster had crashed in France, taking the lives of the entire crew.
The airmen who perished in this crash were-
RAAF Flight Sergeant Thomas William Sheridan ADDISON,
RAFVR Sergeant Joel BOGARD,
RAAF Pilot Officer David GRAY,
RCAF Flight Sergeant John Manley LOWE
RAAF Sergeant Geoffrey Browning McCLOY,
RAFVR Sergeant William Paul TAYLOR and
RAFVR Sergeant Alexander Ashcroft WALDIE.

Military Service-
Service Number: 404571
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Trade: Navigator
Age: 30
Service: Royal Australian Air Force
Division: 50 RAF Squadron; RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire

Son of William Sheridan Addison and Adria Scougall Addison of Charleville, Queensland, Australia.

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View cenotaph HERE.

You can view the Memorial here: Memorial
50 Squadron's Avro Lancaster I (#R5746) bomber aircraft, with an aircrew of seven took off from RAF Swinderby on an air operation over the seaside docks at Le Havre, France. R5746 failed to return to base and it was learned the Lancaster had crashed in France, taking the lives of the entire crew.
The airmen who perished in this crash were-
RAAF Flight Sergeant Thomas William Sheridan ADDISON,
RAFVR Sergeant Joel BOGARD,
RAAF Pilot Officer David GRAY,
RCAF Flight Sergeant John Manley LOWE
RAAF Sergeant Geoffrey Browning McCLOY,
RAFVR Sergeant William Paul TAYLOR and
RAFVR Sergeant Alexander Ashcroft WALDIE.

Military Service-
Service Number: 404571
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Trade: Navigator
Age: 30
Service: Royal Australian Air Force
Division: 50 RAF Squadron; RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire

Son of William Sheridan Addison and Adria Scougall Addison of Charleville, Queensland, Australia.

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View cenotaph HERE.

You can view the Memorial here: Memorial

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