LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Thomas Watkins RAYMENT
From Australia serving in the Royal Air Force
Service No: 1258093 (RAFVR)
Born: Date, Location unavailable
Enlisted in the RAF: Date unavailable
Unit: No. 7 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Oakington
Died: Air Operations: (No. 7 Squadron Stirling I aircraft R9324), France, 16 June 1942, Aged 28 Years
Buried: Avesnes-Sur-Helpe Communal Cemetery, Nord, France
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Herbert John Rayment, J.P., and Louise Rayment, of Beecroft, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Unknown
On 15 June 1942, Stirling R9324 took off from Oakington at 2337 hours to attack Essen, Germany. The aircraft was shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at St-Remy-du-Nord (Nord), 5 km south west of Maubeuge, France. Three crew members were killed, four captured and one evaded capture.
The crew members of R9324 were:
Sergeant Kempton Richard Cooper (1177659) (RAFVR) PoW
Sergeant J S Duckworth (1051597) (RAFVR) PoW
Sergeant Leonard Clinton Fenton (571254) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
Flight Lieutenant Henry Hayden Haszard (31650) (RAF) PoW
Flight Sergeant Thomas Watkins Rayment (1258093) (RAFVR) (Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Thomas Templeman (R/61012) (RCAF) (Pilot) Evaded Capture
Sergeant John Edwin Thomas (1385845) (RAFVR) PoW
Pilot Officer Donald White (111485) (RAFVR) (Air Gunner)
References:
Chorley, W.R. Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War Volume 3 Aircraft and Aircrew Losses 1942, Midland Counties Publications UK, 1994
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records