Thoms, G R
Sergeant George Rose Thoms
Family/Last name:
ThomsForename(s) and initial(s):
George RosePlace of birth:
GlasgowDate of birth:
3/11/1920Nationality:
Service number:
1106552Military Unit:
Rank when captured:
Place of capture:
Kleinhorsten, Ostfriesland, NW GermanyDate of capture:
29/7/1942POW number:
25138Data sources
The National Archives (UK)Other Sources (Researcher, Mr W de-Jong)Submitter: (Mr.) Willem de Jong (volunteer WW2 air combat research)
Submitted date: 21st Aug 2019
| Name: | G R THOMS |
| Nationality: | British |
| Rank: | Wireless Operator |
| Service Number: | 1106552 |
| Regiment: | Royal Air Force
No 7 Squadron RAF Station Oakington |
| POW Number: | |
| Captured: | Near crash site of Short Stirling W7533 (MG- ‘G’), at Kleinhorsten, Ostfriesland
/ NW Germany (situated SW of Wilhelmshaven city); craft was downed by local Flak |
| Date of Capture: | 29th July 1942 early morning after 3am |
| Camp Type: | Stalag |
| Camp Number: | VIIIB |
| Working Party: | |
| Camp Location: | Lambinowice, Poland |
| Notes: | · Appears on WO392/8, WO392/18, AIR20/2336 and WO417/91 |
From submission:
He was a Sergeant, and the Wireless Operator / Air Gunner in the aircrew (team)of Warrant Officer John Morton Burroughs ‘Johnny’ BLACK (whose service number was: 748714); and he was the only survivor of this air crash (!), while all other 7 crew, incl. ‘skipper’ Black, are buried in the Sage War Cemetery now, in NW Germany
Photo of the downed aircraft:
Short Stirling W7533, 4-engined Heavy Bomber. Crash Site at Kleinhorsten.
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