LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer Thomas Ellis JONES
Service No: 404785
Born: Ayr QLD, 8 June 1919
Enlisted in the RAAF: 8 November 1940
Unit: No. 450 Squadron
Died: Air Operations: (No. 450 Squadron Kittyhawk aircraft AZ107), Egypt, 26 June 1942, Aged 23 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Thomas and Amelia Elizabeth Jones, of Ayr, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour: Ayr QLD
Remembered: Column 264, Alamein Memorial, Egypt
Remembered: Panel 105, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 26 June 1942, Kittyhawk AZ107 flown by Flying Officer Jones crashed near Mersa Matruh and Flying Officer Jones was reported missing. AZ107 was one of eight aircraft acting a top cover for nine Bostons. The Bostons bombed from 9,000 feet, and shortly after the Kittyhawks dropped their bombs. At this stage three MEl09s attacked the top cover and AZ107 was seen to go down in a dive, flatten out, but nothing further was seen and AZ107 failed to return to base.
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, 163/39/58