Date of death:

June 6th, 1942 (L'Écluse, Beauvechain/Waals-Brabant, Belgium)

Buried on:

Adegem Canadian War Cemetery
Plot: VII. Row: F. Grave: 8.

Service number:

1167271

Nationality:

British

Sergeant Thomas Alfred George, Son of Robert Edward and Julia Gertrude George. Husband of Eveline George, of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England.Wireless Operator / Air Gunner, Short Stirling I, W7508, OJ-D 149 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.

On the return flight from a mission to Essen from RAF Lakenheath, his Short Stirling was shot down by a German night fighter and crashed at l'Ecluse, 10 km south-west of Tienen (B). Six of the eight crew members were killed in the crash and are buried at the Canadian War Cemetery in Adegem.

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