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The Airmen's Stories - Sgt. T A McCann

Thomas Andrew McCann, of County Down, joined the RAFVR about January 1939 as an Airman u/t Pilot. Called up on September 1st he completed his training and arrived at 6 OTU, Sutton Bridge on August 21st 1940. After converting to Hurricanes he was posted to 601 Squadron at Exeter on September 11th. Commissioned in February 1942, he died in the Middle East on July 27th 1942 as a Pilot Officer with 134 Squadron, aged 23. McCann is buried in El Alamein War Cemetery.

Photographs courtesy of Colonel C R Romberg RA, British Embassy Cairo

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