Sgt. Thomas Gill
Royal Air Force 115 Squadron
from:Ayr, Scotland
(d.16th Nov 1942)
I recently discovered an obituary clipping pasted inside a poetry book my grandfather gave to his second wife, my Scottish-descended step-grandmother. The name of the RAF pilot is Sergt. Thomas Gill, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Gill of 149b Prestwick Road, Ayr. I would like to know who he was and how we are connected, plus his service record. I am guessing he was a friend or cousin of my step-grandmother, Margaret Cook Hall, whose parents Agnes and ? Cook came to Philadelphia in America from Glasgow. The obituary says Thomas Gill was educated at the Russell Street School and Ayr Academy prior to joining the Air Force in March 1941. He had been employed as a clerk with the Scottish Stamping and Engineering Works, Ayr.
I am a student of history, an English teacher and adjunct professor at a local college in Philadelphia, my paternal grandfather also served in WWII in Cuba, as well as my maternal uncle in the infantry in Germany and France. In addition, my father-in-law was an Army Air Corps air traffic controller from North Africa through Italy and Germany. This mysterious man intrigues me, and I would be interested in learning what became of his remains, his life story, and his family. I also have Scottish Highlander ancestry on my maternal grandfather's side.
