Thomas Pugh                                                                                          Updated: 24 MAR 2021

Airman: e444032.htm Surname: Pugh Init: T Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 42

P_link: p063.htm Plane: BFO N1172 Operation: Anti ship Crash_site: The North Sea

Crash_d: d080442 Buried_d: e444 C_link: e444.htm At_Next: GERMANY

Kl. 13.15 den 8. april 1942 lettede BFO N1172 fra RAF Leuchars for at angribe 6 motorfartøjer.
Flyet blev set kaste en torpedo rettet mod et af de seks fartøjer, men flak forhindrede yderligere observation.
Hvid røg blev set komme fra N1172. Flyet styrtede ned i Nordsøen. (Kilde: p063MACR)

Sergeant (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) Thomas Pugh gjorde tjeneste i Royal Air Force.
Han er begravet på HAMBURG CEMETERY i Tyskland, grav 6A. E. 8. (Kilde: CWGC)

Sgt Shepherd drev i land på Fanø (måske her). Han blev begravet i Esbjerg den 28. juli 1942. (Kilde: FAF)

1 flyver fra BFO N1172 blev begravet i Esbjerg og 1 i Tyskland. 2 flyvere har ingen kendt grav.

4 flyvere.

At 13.15 on 8 April 1942 BFO N1172 took off from RAF Leuchars to attack 6 motor vessels.
It was seen to drop torpedo aimed at one of the six motor vessels but flak prevented further observation.
White smoke was seen to be coming from N1172. It crashed in the North Sea. (Source: p063MACR)

Sergeant (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) Thomas Pugh served in the Royal Air Force.
He is buried in HAMBURG CEMETERY in GERMANY, Grave 6A. E. 8. (Source: CWGC)

Sgt Shepherd was washed ashore on Fanø (maybe here). He was buried in Esbjerg on 28 July 1942. (Source: FAF)

1 airman from BFO N1172 was buried in Esbjerg and 1 in GERMANY. 2 airmen have no known grave.

This Beaufort was from RAF Coastal Command. See No. 42 Squadron (Wikipedia). It took off from RAF Leuchars.

4 airmen.