In Memory Of
DUNK, THOMAS WILLIAM
Service Details
Age:
32
Date of Birth:
1911-09-07
Service No:
160014
Rank:
Flying Officer
Unit:
15 Sqdn.
Regiment:
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
1944-06-08
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, Lancaster III LM575, took off 0042 8 June 1944 to bomb rail facilities in support of the Normandy landings. Crashed in the grounds of a Chateau between the village of Jouars-Pontchartrain in the Department of Yvelines and the town of Plaisir some 5 km to the NE
Commemoration
Cemetery:
PLAISIR COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Localitly:
Yvelines
Country:
France
Additional Information
Son of Charles Henry and Minnie Priscilla Dunk, of Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia.