Service Details
Name:
 DUNK
Given Name:
 THOMAS WILLIAM
Initials:
 T W
Service No:
 160014
Rank:
 Flying Officer
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Unit:
 15 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1944-06-08
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Age:
 32
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
Additional
Information:
Son of Charles Henry and Minnie Priscilla Dunk, of Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Yvelines
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Cemetery:
 PLAISIR COMMUNAL CEMETERY
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