Walter Warren THOMAS

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THOMAS, Walter Warren

Service Number:	407465
Enlisted:	12 October 1940
Last Rank:	Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit:	No. 451 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Adelaide, SA, 28 February 1920
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Hackney St Peter's College WW2 Honour Roll

World War 2 Service

12 Oct 1940:	Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 407465, No. 451 Squadron (RAAF)
12 Oct 1940:	Enlisted Adelaide
12 Oct 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 407465
18 Aug 1945:	Discharged

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Biography

Wlater Warren Thomas

Born 28th February, 1920, in Adelaide, Australia, Walter Thomas was only 24 when he shot down an FW 190 over Rome. He was part of 451 Squadron RAAF flying Spitfires out of the island of Corsica, France. The squadron had just been re-deployed from the Middle East as of April 1944. It went on to the south of France and finished the war based in England.

Requires further research to confirm dates and postings - thanks to Rathbone museum for this extract.

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