LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer Thomas McCauley HOOD
Service No: 413122
Born: Parkes NSW, 6 January 1916
Enlisted in the RAAF: 16 August 1941
Unit: No. 88 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Air Operations: (No. 88 Squadron Boston aircraft BZ425), France, 5 August 1944, Aged 28 Years
Buried: Banneville-La-Campagne War Cemetery, Calvados, France
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Robert Marshal Crilly Hood and Hilda Mary Hood, of Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 124, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 0040 hours on the morning of 5 August 1944 Boston BZ425 took off detailed to carry out a night offensive patrol against troop and transport movements south west of Caen, France. BZ425 was one of a number of Boston aircraft on the mission. BZ425 and one other Boston failed to return from the mission. The aircraft crashed at St Loup Soulangy and all the crew members were killed.
The crew members of BZ425 were:
Flying Officer Thomas McCauley Hood (413122) (Air Gunner)
Flying Officer Thomas Henry Simpson DFC (408609) (Pilot)
Pilot Officer Robert Taylor (179825) (RAFVR) (Wireless Operator Air)
Flying Officer Edward Vierow (173120) (RAFVR) (Navigator Bomb Aimer)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/18/428