Service Details
Name:
 POYNTON
Given Name:
 THOMAS REX
Initials:
 T R
Service No:
 86361
Rank:
 Flight Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Unit:
 41 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1943-04-23
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Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Spitfire F.XII EN601, posted missing during a shipping reconnaissance to Dieppe on 23 April 1943. He was advised of eight enemy aircraft approximately 20 miles north of his position at approx. 11:30, which he acknowledged, but his plot was seen to turn sharply towards the French coast soon afterwards, and then disappear
Additional
Information:
Son of Thomas and Gladys Poynton, of Eshowe, Zululand.
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Surrey
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Cemetery:
 RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 120.

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