LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Thomas Charles WHITE
Service No: 419560
Born: Coburg VIC, 23 November 1923
Enlisted in the RAAF: 26 August 1942
Unit: No. 625 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Kelstern
Died: Air Operations: (No. 625 Squadron Lancaster aircraft LM515), France, 4 May 1944, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Trouan-le-Petit Churchyard, France
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Charles Thomas White and Anastasia Alice White, of Coburg, Victoria, Australia
Roll of Honour: Coburg VIC
Remembered: Panel 132, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Brother of Flight Sergeant Desmond Victor White (430423)
At 2158 hours on the night of 3 May 1944, Lancaster LM515 took off from Kelstern to attack the military camp at Mailly-le-Camp, France. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it failed to return to base. Within a few minutes of completing its attack, the aircraft was shot down at Trouan-le-Petit (Aube), 40 kms north north east of Troyes, France. All the crew members were killed.
The crew members of LM515 were:
Sergeant Richard Walter Andrews (1853736) (RAFVR) (Mid Upper Gunner)
Sergeant Frederick Charles Clarke (1463568) (RAFVR) (Navigator)
Sergeant Kenneth Garner (1627183) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
Pilot Officer Neil McArthur McGaw (173338) (RAFVR) (Pilot)
Flying Officer Daniel Moriarty (J/26211) (RCAF) (Air Bomber)
Sergeant Reginald John Tailby (133288) (RAFVR) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Thomas Charles White (419560) (Rear Gunner)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/43/645