THOMAS, Walter Warren
Service Number: | 407465 |
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Enlisted: | 12 October 1940 |
Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | No. 451 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Adelaide, SA, 28 February 1920 |
Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
12 Oct 1940: | Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 407465, No. 451 Squadron (RAAF) | |
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12 Oct 1940: | Enlisted Adelaide | |
12 Oct 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 407465 | |
18 Aug 1945: | Discharged |
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Wlater Warren Thomas
Born 28th February, 1920, in Adelaide, Australia, Walter Thomas was only 24 when he shot down an FW 190 over Rome. He was part of 451 Squadron RAAF flying Spitfires out of the island of Corsica, France. The squadron had just been re-deployed from the Middle East as of April 1944. It went on to the south of France and finished the war based in England.
Requires further research to confirm dates and postings - thanks to Rathbone museum for this extract.