In Memory Of

POYNTON, THOMAS REX

Service Details
Age:
 23
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 86361
Rank:
 Flight Lieutenant
Unit:
 41 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
 1943-04-23
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
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 120.
Cemetery:
 RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Surrey
Country:
 United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of Thomas and Gladys Poynton, of Eshowe, Zululand.