Pilot Officer Dermot Vigors Thesiger of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, whose parents were Captain the Honourable Wilfred Thesiger, DSO and Kathleen (Vigors) Thesiger of Chelsea, London, died in a training accident during World War II. In civilian life, he had been a barrister of the Middle Temple.
Thesiger and three other airmen of 59 Squadron were tragically killed when their Lockheed Hudson V (AM639) went down while on a low-level bombing practice sortie against a wreck in the Humber River. While maneuvering a turn, a wingtip caught the water, causing the aircraft to crash and kill the crew members.
The four airmen who perished in this accident were:-
RAAF Sergeant John Richard HOSKINS,
RAFVR Sergeant Harold Francis NEARY,
RAF Sergeant Eric Stanley NORMORE and
RAFVR Pilot Officer Dermont Vigors THESIGER.
Military Service:
Name: Thesiger, Dermot Vigors
Rank: Pilot Officer
Service Number: 903497
Age: 28
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 59 Squadron (motto: 'Ab Uno Disce Omnes')
Thesiger and three other airmen of 59 Squadron were tragically killed when their Lockheed Hudson V (AM639) went down while on a low-level bombing practice sortie against a wreck in the Humber River. While maneuvering a turn, a wingtip caught the water, causing the aircraft to crash and kill the crew members.
The four airmen who perished in this accident were:-
RAAF Sergeant John Richard HOSKINS,
RAFVR Sergeant Harold Francis NEARY,
RAF Sergeant Eric Stanley NORMORE and
RAFVR Pilot Officer Dermont Vigors THESIGER.
Military Service:
Name: Thesiger, Dermot Vigors
Rank: Pilot Officer
Service Number: 903497
Age: 28
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 59 Squadron (motto: 'Ab Uno Disce Omnes')
Pilot Officer Dermot Vigors Thesiger of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, whose parents were Captain the Honourable Wilfred Thesiger, DSO and Kathleen (Vigors) Thesiger of Chelsea, London, died in a training accident during World War II. In civilian life, he had been a barrister of the Middle Temple.
Thesiger and three other airmen of 59 Squadron were tragically killed when their Lockheed Hudson V (AM639) went down while on a low-level bombing practice sortie against a wreck in the Humber River. While maneuvering a turn, a wingtip caught the water, causing the aircraft to crash and kill the crew members.
The four airmen who perished in this accident were:-
RAAF Sergeant John Richard HOSKINS,
RAFVR Sergeant Harold Francis NEARY,
RAF Sergeant Eric Stanley NORMORE and
RAFVR Pilot Officer Dermont Vigors THESIGER.
Military Service:
Name: Thesiger, Dermot Vigors
Rank: Pilot Officer
Service Number: 903497
Age: 28
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 59 Squadron (motto: 'Ab Uno Disce Omnes')
Thesiger and three other airmen of 59 Squadron were tragically killed when their Lockheed Hudson V (AM639) went down while on a low-level bombing practice sortie against a wreck in the Humber River. While maneuvering a turn, a wingtip caught the water, causing the aircraft to crash and kill the crew members.
The four airmen who perished in this accident were:-
RAAF Sergeant John Richard HOSKINS,
RAFVR Sergeant Harold Francis NEARY,
RAF Sergeant Eric Stanley NORMORE and
RAFVR Pilot Officer Dermont Vigors THESIGER.
Military Service:
Name: Thesiger, Dermot Vigors
Rank: Pilot Officer
Service Number: 903497
Age: 28
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 59 Squadron (motto: 'Ab Uno Disce Omnes')
Inscription
1942
ROYAL AIR FORCE
Pilot Officer
Taylor R.C.
Taylor W.D.
Thesiger D.V.
Thomas E.F.
Thomas L.B.
Thomas R.B.
Thompson R.B.
Thorndyke R.H.J.
Tilling G.E.
Tonge E.
Topping J.R. D.F.M.
Tregea J.R.
Tucker V.E.
Underwood C.F.W.
Vincent H.J.
Vincent J.H.
Voyzey P.J.
Wain J.A.
Walder R.G.
Walker B.L.
Walker F.W. D.F.C.
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