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Kenneth Brant Thomas

In memory of:

Flying Officer Kenneth Brant Thomas

September 12, 1943

Military Service

Service Number:

J/20595

Age:

25

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Additional Information

Commemorated on Page 219 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

KILARROW NEW PARISH CHURCHYARD
Argyllshire, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

Grave 642.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Grave marker– Gravestone of J/20595 Flying Officer Kenneth Brant THOMAS (Pilot), killed on 12th September 1943 shortly after take off from RAF Port Ellen (now Islay Airport), Islay, Scotland. F/O Thomas died alongside his Navigator, F/O James Roy WALDRON, when his Bristol Beaufighter TF.X (serial LX946) struck high ground near their airfield. They were serving with 304FTU and were engaged on a training flight at the time of the accident.

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    Grave marker – Gravestone of J/20595 Flying Officer Kenneth Brant THOMAS (Pilot), killed on 12th September 1943 shortly after take off from RAF Port Ellen (now Islay Airport), Islay, Scotland. F/O Thomas died alongside his Navigator, F/O James Roy WALDRON, when his Bristol Beaufighter TF.X (serial LX946) struck high ground near their airfield. They were serving with 304FTU and were engaged on a training flight at the time of the accident.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram September 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram September 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram September 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram September 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Headstone– Headstone: Flight Officer Kenneth Brant Thomas RCAF. Interred in Kilarrow New parish Churchyard, Bowmore, Isle of Islay, Argyll, Scotland.

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    Headstone
    Headstone – Headstone: Flight Officer Kenneth Brant Thomas RCAF. Interred in Kilarrow New parish Churchyard, Bowmore, Isle of Islay, Argyll, Scotland.

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