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F/Sgt. Thomas Handley Duff

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 101 Sqdn.

from:Glasgow

(d.22nd June 1944)

On 22nd June 1944 Flight Sergeant T.H. Duff 1562929 (Airbomber) from 101th Squadron was killed in the sky above Holland. He is buried in a little town, named Werkendam.

Update: From Chorley's Bomber Command Losses: 101 Sqdn Lancaster III LM508 SR-P Target Wesserling. took off at 2317 from Ludford Magna on ABC duties. On home leg, shot down by night-fighter and crashed in the Biesbosch estuary near Werkendam (Noord-Brabant), 20km NNE of Oosterhout. Of the two who died, F/S Duff rests in Werkendam Protestant Cemetery but Sgt Keogh has no known grave.



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