Fleet Air Arm Archive 1939-1945 - The Men

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EFW Taylor RN
Squadron: 813
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Captured: 4.9.1940
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	Capture details	POW details	Release
	Hain, HR Lt, Smith, VH Sub Lt and Taylor, EFW TAG 813 sqdn. FTR 4.9.1940 shot down in raid on Maritza airfield, Rhodes, force landed Scarpanto Island. All taken Italian POW.	Italian POW

JT Taylor RN
Squadron: 813
Ship/Air Station:
Captured: 30.2.1942
Escaped:
Released: Later released 1942?
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	Capture details	POW details	Release
	Morris, LG Sub Lt, Taylor, JT and Cassey, E LA TAG 813 sqdn all pow 30.3.42 after an operation from North Front Gibraltar. Force landed between Ras el Farea and Ponta Pescadores, Spanish Morocco. All interned, later arrived Gibraltar.	Interned Spanish Morocco	Later released

CG Taylor RN
Squadron: 828
Ship/Air Station: Hal Far, Malta
Captured: 2.12.1942
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	Taylor, CG Sub Lt and Guy, W Sub Lt 828 albacore sqdn. FTR Hal Far, Malta, 2.12.1942 after an attack on an enemy convoy located 93 degrees20 m from Kerkenah, Tunisia. Aircraft believed to have caiught fire and blew up on water.Guy, W Sub Lt killed and Taylor taken POW of the Italians.	Italian POW

RW Taylor RN
Squadron: 830 sqdn
Ship/Air Station: Hal Far, Malta
Captured: 11/12.11.1941
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	Capture details	POW details	Release
	Taylor, RW Sub Lt and Robinson, FL Sub Lt 830 sqdn of Hal Far Malta. FTR 11/12.11.1941 after attack on 2 motor vessels near Pantelaria. Taken POW.	POW

RL Thompson RN
Squadron: 800
Ship/Air Station: HMS Emperor
Captured: 8.5.1944?
Escaped:
Released:
Died/Killed: believed drowned 8.5.1944

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	Capture details	POW details	Release
	Thompson, RL Sub Lt 800 hellcat sqdn of HMS Emperor. FTR 8.5.1944, shot down by german fighters, and baled out 7 miles off Smolen island, Norway. Swam away but believed drowned (POW?).	German POW?

CC Thornton RN
Squadron: 830
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Captured: 8.2.1941
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	Thornton, CC Sub Lt and Pickles, FW TAG 830 sqdn POW 8.2.1941. Took part in bombing Tripoli Harbour, but crashed near Garzi. Both interned in Tunisia by the French.	French POW

RP Thurston RN
Squadron: 803
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Captured: 14.9.1939
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	Thurston, RP Lt and McKay, 803 sqdn FTR 14.9.1939 attack on U-30 off Rockall Bank. Thurston taken POW and McKay killed. One of the first casualties in the 2nd world War.	German POW

KH Tickle RN
Squadron: 816
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Captured: 17.9.1942
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	Tickle, KH Sub Lt, Norfolk, VK, and Varley, JA L/A TAG 816 sqdn. FTR on 17.9.1942 after minelaying. Shot down in sea by AA after caught by searchlight off Cherbourg. Norfolk was killed. Tickle and Varley taken POW Le Havre.	German POW	1945

JW Thomlinson RN
Squadron: 898
Ship/Air Station: HMS Khedive
Captured: 2.4.1945
Escaped:
Released:
Died/Killed: Beheaded by Japanese 20.7.1945

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	Capture details	POW details	Release
	Thomlinson, JW Sub Lt 898 hellcat sqdn, FTR 2.4.1945 to HMS Khedive, after an operational sortie. EF pilot bailed out, and aircraft crashed 10 miles west of Port Dickson, Malaya. Taken Japanese POW.	POW Japan Beheaded by the Japanese 20.7.1945

WE Thomson RN
Squadron: 830
Ship/Air Station: Hal Far, Malta
Captured: 19.3.1941
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	Capture details	POW details	Release
	Grant, D Sub Lt and Thomson, WE TAG 830 sqdn FTR 19.3.1941 after a raid on Tripoli. Landed near Zarzis, Tunisia. Both interned by the French.	Vichy French POW	Released 1943

SD Timms RN
Squadron: 825
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Captured: 29.12.1942
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	Capture details	POW details	Release
	Evans, IJ, Timms, SD and Winder, SJ L/A 825 sqdn taken POW on 29.12.42 when FTR after minelaying operation, Le Havre.	POW German Stalag 8b	1945

A Todd RN
Squadron: 830
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Captured: 14.4.1941
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	Capture details	POW details	Release
	Dawson, HP Sub Lt and Todd, A. TAG 830 sqdn. FTR 14.4.1941 after a torpedo attack on an enemy convoy. Captured and interned by French authorities in Tunisia.	French POW

A Turnbull RN
Squadron: 827
Ship/Air Station: HMS Victorious
Captured: 30.7.1941
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	Capture details	POW details	Release
	Turnbull, A Lt, Serjeant, HK Lt and James, JD L/A TAG 827 albacore sqdn all wounded during Kirkenes raid 30.7.41. FTR HMS Victorious, after the raid, the albacore was shot down by a Bf110, in their torpedo attack on ships anchored in Boksfjord. they crashed in the sea near Vardo. all were taken POW	POW

GL Turner RN
Squadron: 828
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Captured: 30.7.1941
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POW Details:

	Capture details	POW details	Release
	Howard, CV Sub Lt, Turner, GL Sub Lt, Polmeer, DE L/A TAG 828 albacore sqdn. FTR 30.7.41 after the raid on Kirkenes, being shot down over Kirkenes. All taken POW.	German POW	1945

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