Thomas George Strachan

Flight Sergeant

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Thomas White Strachan and of Martha Strachan (nee Baird), of Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

John Reid was the 2nd Pilot and Thomas Strachan the Wireless Op. aboard a Wellington engaged in night time torpedo training on the Gulf of Suez. Flying low and in mist, the aircraft veered off course and struck a bank. The five crew were killed.

[For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Vol 2 p.119]

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Casualty

Service Number:

405526

Name:

Thomas George Strachan

Rank:

Flight Sergeant

Date of Birth:

Not known

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Air Force, 458 (RAAF) Squadron

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Air Accident

Date of Death:

13 July 1943

Day of Death:

Tuesday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:

Royal New Zealand Air Force

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Suez War Memorial Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

3. C. 8.

Cemetery Location:

Egypt