Thomas Paling
Service number
1578718
Military unit
10 Sqdn Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Address
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Date of birth
Date of death
20 Dec 1943 (21 years old)
Place of birth
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Employment, education or hobbies
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Family history
Son of George and Gertrude Beatrice paling of 15 Prest Avenue, Welbeck Colliery Village.
Siblings: George, Alfred, and Ida.
George snr died in 1944.
Military history
IBCC: Handley Page Halifax III, serial No HX 186 markings ZA-E.
Wireless Operative/Air Gunner.
A 650 aircraft raid over Frankfurt of which 41 planes were lost. he Germans had managed to plot the route soon after the main force left the British coast and deployed night fighters along the route.
Despite the decoy fires which were lit the raid destroyed many public and municiple buildings and left 23,000 homeless.
4 of the crew were killed and 3 were taken prisoner when the aircraft crashed.
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