World War II Honoree

Thomas Coke DuBose

Hometown

Richmond, Virginia

Honored By

A Grateful American

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF WARRANT OFFICER CLASS II AND SERVED AS A NAVIGATOR IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION WITH HIS ENTIRE CREW AT THE AGE OF 21 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 21 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS LOCKHEED VENTURA MK. 1 (AE726) WAS ATTACKED BY LUFTWAFFE FOCKE-WULF FW 190'S OF 8./JAGDGESCHWADER 2 AND CRASHED NEAR PLOUDALMEZEAU, FRANCE DURING A BOMBING RAID TO THE HARBOR AT BREST ON APRIL 5, 1943. BURIED IN THE COMMUNAL CEMETERY AT PLOUDALMEZEAU, FINISTERE, FRANCE. COMMEMORATED AT THE VIRGINIA WAR MEMORIAL, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.