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Alexander Henry Thom Died : 10 / 1 / 2016

Flight Lieutenant Alexander Henry Thom DFC (deceased) Born in Perth, Scotland, Alex Thom joined the RAFVR on June 24th 1939 and flew at the weekends at 11 EARFTS Perth. At the outbreak of World War Two, Thom was called up for full time service with the Royal Air Force and was posted to 3 ITW at Hastings on October 2nd 1939, moving to 15 EFTS at Redhill on April 29th 1940 and on June 15th moved again to 15 FTS, initially at Brize Norton and later to Chipping Norton. Alex Thom went to 6 OTU on September 29th at Sutton Bridge where he converted to Hawker Hurricanes and joined 79 squadron stationed at Pembury only for a short period when he was transferred to 87 Squadron on October 6th 1940, moving with the squadron on the 31st of October to their new base at Exeter. He achieved the rank of Pilot Officer on the 3rd of December 1941. During his time at Exeter he was also based on the Scilly Isles and on one occasion after shooting down an enemy bomber the crew bailed out over the sea. Alex Thom circled the downed German crew who were in a life raft until a motor launch came and picked them up. Thom would later meet the crew and was given a flying helmet by the German pilot, an item he still has today. Alex Thom was appointed B Flight commander on 10th July 1942 and was awarded the DFC on the 14th August 1942. At this time he was credited with two enemy aircraft destroyed and a probable He111. On the 19th of August 1942 while supporting the ground forces at Dieppe, his Hurricane (LK - M) was hit by ground fire and lost oil pressure. He managed to limp back to England where he made a forced landing at East Den. Thom managed to get back to his airfield as a passenger in a Master flown by Flt Sgt Lowe and immediately took off again in Hurricane (LK - A) back to Dieppe where he proceeded to strafe enemy positions. On the 1st of October 1942 he became F/O. In November 1942, 87 Squadron was transferred to North Africa. They were transported by ship to Gibraltar where the squadron flew sorties, and then onto North Africa. Thom was posted away from the squadron to be a flying control officer at Bone. He returned to 87 Squadron which was then based at Tongley and took command on June 27th 1943. He was again posted away from the squadron on September 27th returning to the UK with the Rank of Flight Lt. Thom became an instructor with 55 OTU at Annan on November 17th moving to Kirton in Linsay on March 12th 1944 to join 53 OTU. He was appointed Flight Commander Fighter Affiliation Flight at 84 (Bomber) OTU at Husbands Bosworth on May 19th 1944 and remained there until October 10th when he went to RAF Peterhead as Adjutant. His final posting was to HQ13 Group, Inverness on May 8th 1945 as a Staff Officer and retired from the RAF on December 4th 1945 as a Flight Lt. He died on 10th January 2016.

Latest Flight Lieutenant Alexander Henry Thom DFC (deceased) Signed Artwork Releases !
Straggler's End by Ivan Berryman. (C)	Desperate Measures by Ivan Berryman. (C)	Quartet by Gerald Coulson. (C)	A Norwegian Tribute by Ivan Berryman. (B)

Items Signed by Flight Lieutenant Alexander Henry Thom DFC (deceased)

	Wing Commander Bob Doe during the Battle of Britain by Graeme Lothian. (P) Price : £360.00	Wing Commander Bob Doe in his Spitfire is shown attacking Heinkel He-111s during the Battle of Britain. ......
	Hurricanes at the Ready by Graeme Lothian. (P) Price : £380.00	Hurricane pilots await their next scramble while ground crews ready their Hawker Hurricanes for their next engagement during the Battle of Britain. Hurricanes FT-S and FT-D of No.43 Sqn.......
	Supermarine Spitfire by Graeme Lothian. (P) Price : £280.00	Original pencil drawing showing two Spitfires. Signed by Graeme Lothian only. ......
	P.O. Constantine Pegge, 610 Sqn, August 1940 by Graeme Lothian. (P) SOLD OUT	Original pencil drawing of Pilot Officer Constantine Pegge, who shot down eight enemy aircraft in one day during the Battle of Britain. ......	NOT AVAILABLE
	Spitfire - Fighting Lady by Graeme Lothian. (P) Price : £400.00	Johnnie Johnsons Spitfire on patrol over the British coastline. This is the original sketch for the oil painting Fighting Lady. ......

	Dogfight - Battle of Britain by Graeme Lothian. (P) Price : £320.00	B0258P. Dogfight - Battle of Britain by Graeme Lothian. ......
	Hawker Hurricane - War Horse by Graeme Lothian. (P) Price : £340.00	Hawker Hurricane, the backbone of Fighter Command (along with the Spitfire) is shown during the Battle of Britain, downing an Me109. ......
	Supermarine Spitfire - Job Well Done by Graeme Lothian. (P) Price : £280.00	A Spitfire of No.19 Sqn returns from a sortie during the Battle of Britain, summer 1940. ......
	Bob Doe - Spitfire Ace by Graeme Lothian. (P) Price : £280.00	Spitfire D-AZ of Royal Air Force Spitfire Ace Bob Doe is shown in a steep turn. ......
	Spitfire Wing by Graeme Lothian. (P) SOLD OUT	Three Spitfires are shown banking into a dive during the Battle of Britain. ......	NOT AVAILABLE

	Tribute to the Spitfire Pilots by Graeme Lothian. (P) Price : £340.00	Along with the Hurricane, the Supermarine Spitfire was the backbone of Fighter Command. here three Spitfires are shown on patrol above the fields of southern England during the Battle of Britain. ......
	Spitfire Maintenance Check by Graeme Lothian. (P) Price : £340.00	Spitfire JE-J of Spitfire Ace Johnnie Johnson is shown with the engine cowling removed during maintenance. ......
	Polish Spitfire by Graeme Lothian. (P) Price : £400.00	Spitfire Z-FA of No.308 Sqn (Polish) thunders over a picturesque village in April 1941. ......
	Billy Drake - First of Many by Ivan Berryman. (P) Price : £520.00	Group Captain Billy Drake in Hurricane JX-P of No.1 Sqn scoring his first victory, an Me109 during the Battle of France, on 20th April 1940. ......
	Hurricane Mk.IIC by Ivan Berryman. (AP) Price : £55.00	......

	Hurricane Mk.IIC by Ivan Berryman. (B) Price : £350.00	Hurricane Mk.IIC Z3971 of 253 Sqn, closing on a Heinkel 111. ......
	41 Squadron Spitfire by Ivan Berryman. (P) Price : £550.00	Spitfires of No.41 Sqn during the Battle of Britain. The lead aircraft is EB-J, flown by Sqn Ldr Maurice Brown. ......
	Sqn Ldr Maurice Brown - No.41 Sqn by Ivan Berryman. (AP) Price : £105.00	Spitfire EB-J of Sqn Ldr Maurice Brown at the height of the Battle of Britain. ......
	Sqn Ldr Maurice Brown - No.41 Sqn by Ivan Berryman. (B) Price : £250.00	Spitfire EB-J of Sqn Ldr Maurice Brown at the height of the Battle of Britain. ......
	Terminal Morane by Ivan Berryman. (P) Price : £550.00	On the evening of 25th May 1940, Luftwaffe Ace Hans-Ekkehard Bob claimed his third victory, bringing down a French Morane 406 near Cambrai during the Battle of France in his Me109 of 3./JG21. ......

	Tribute to F/Lt Owen Tracey by Ivan Berryman. Price : £60.00	79 Sqn Hurricane of F/Lt Owen Tracey trying to get airborne again amid explosions from the attacking German Dorniers on 15th August 1940. ......
	Tribute to F/Lt Owen Tracey by Ivan Berryman. (AP) Price : £85.00	79 Sqn Hurricane of F/Lt Owen Tracey trying to get airborne again amid explosions from the attacking German Dorniers on 15th August 1940. ......
	Tribute to F/Lt Owen Tracey by Ivan Berryman. (B) Price : £260.00	79 Sqn Hurricane of F/Lt Owen Tracey trying to get airborne again amid explosions from the attacking German Dorniers on 15th August 1940. ......
	Tribute to F/Lt Owen Tracey by Ivan Berryman. (P) Price : £500.00	79 Sqn Hurricane of F/Lt Owen Tracey trying to get airborne again amid explosions from the attacking German Dorniers on 15th August 1940. ......
	Victory Over Malta by Ivan Berryman. (P) Price : £600.00	George Beurling in Spitfire VC BR301 in action against a Macchi 202 over Malta in 1942. ......

	A Hasty Exit by Ivan Berryman. (P) SOLD OUT	P/O J E Marshall baling out of his stricken 79 Sqn Hurricane on 30th August 1940. ......	NOT AVAILABLE
	Revenge of the Raider by Ivan Berryman. (P) Price : £500.00	The 79 Sqn Hurricane Mk.I P3877 of P/O E J Morris receiving hits from a Dornier 17 on 31st August 1940. Morris was forced to crash land his aircraft and was slightly wounded following the combat. ......
	One on the Run by Ivan Berryman. Price : £60.00	A pair of 79 Sqn Hurricanes attacking a Heinkel 111 on 15th August 1940. The nearest Hurricane is that of F/Lt Owen Tracey, who eventually destroyed the He.111 that was on its way to bomb Newcastle. ......
	One on the Run by Ivan Berryman. (AP) Price : £85.00	A pair of 79 Sqn Hurricanes attacking a Heinkel 111 on 15th August 1940. The nearest Hurricane is that of F/Lt Owen Tracey, who eventually destroyed the He.111 that was on its way to bomb Newcastle. ......
	One on the Run by Ivan Berryman. (B) Price : £300.00	A pair of 79 Sqn Hurricanes attacking a Heinkel 111 on 15th August 1940. The nearest Hurricane is that of F/Lt Owen Tracey, who eventually destroyed the He.111 that was on its way to bomb Newcastle. ......

	One on the Run by Ivan Berryman. (P) Price : £600.00	A pair of 79 Sqn Hurricanes attacking a Heinkel 111 on 15th August 1940. The nearest Hurricane is that of F/Lt Owen Tracey, who eventually destroyed the He.111 that was on its way to bomb Newcastle. ......
	Beurling's Day by Ivan Berryman. (P) SOLD OUT	George Beurling's Spitfire Vc shooting down the Macchi 202 of Italian Faliero Gellis over Malta. The crippled aircraft had been hit in the engine and radiator, but he managed to crash-land it and survived as a prisoner of war. This was the same ......	NOT AVAILABLE
	Time to Leave by Ivan Berryman. (AP) SOLD OUT	Spitfire L1062 (DW-L) of 610 Sqn was hit by flak over Dunkirk on 29th May 1940 and this picture depicts Sergeant Peter Jenkins struggling to get out of the cramped cockpit as his stricken aircraft plunges toward the sea. ......	NOT AVAILABLE
	Time to Leave by Ivan Berryman. (B) Price : £310.00	Spitfire L1062 (DW-L) of 610 Sqn was hit by flak over Dunkirk on 29th May 1940 and this picture depicts Sergeant Peter Jenkins struggling to get out of the cramped cockpit as his stricken aircraft plunges toward the sea. ......
	Time to Leave by Ivan Berryman. (P) SOLD OUT	Spitfire L1062 (DW-L) of 610 Sqn was hit by flak over Dunkirk on 29th May 1940 and this picture depicts Sergeant Peter Jenkins struggling to get out of the cramped cockpit as his stricken aircraft plunges toward the sea. ......	NOT AVAILABLE

	Lost Over Dunkirk by Ivan Berryman. (P) SOLD OUT	Spitfire N3289 of F/O John Wilson was shot down over Dunkirk on 29th May 1940 by a Messerschmitt Bf109. ......	NOT AVAILABLE
	A Dunkirk Encounter by Ivan Berryman. (AP) Price : £85.00	A moment during the fraught encounter on 27th May 1940 over Dunkirk between Spitfires of 610 Sqn and an estimated 40 Bf.110s during which three Zerstorers were shot down. ......
	A Dunkirk Encounter by Ivan Berryman. (B) Price : £320.00	A moment during the fraught encounter on 27th May 1940 over Dunkirk between Spitfires of 610 Sqn and an estimated 40 Bf.110s during which three Zerstorers were shot down. ......
	A Dunkirk Encounter by Ivan Berryman. (P) Price : £520.00	A moment during the fraught encounter on 27th May 1940 over Dunkirk between Spitfires of 610 Sqn and an estimated 40 Bf.110s during which three Zerstorers were shot down. ......
	501 Sqn Scramble by Ivan Berryman. (P) Price : £600.00	Byron Duckenfield and his 501 Squadron wingman struggle to get airborne in their Hurricanes as the spectacle of the scrambling squadron draws a group of passing motorists out of their vehicle to witness the thunderous noise of the aircraft. ......

	Kerr's Last Combat by Ivan Berryman. (P) Price : £550.00	Spitfire L1000 (DW-R) of No.610 Sqn is terminally damaged by an Me109 over Dunkirk on 29th May 1940. The Spitfire pilot, Flying Officer Gerald Kerr is listed is missing after this combat. ......
	41 Sqn Scramble by Ivan Berryman. (AP) Price : £85.00	The Spitfire (EB-J, X4559) of Maurice Peter Brown takes to the air with his wingman. ......
	41 Sqn Scramble by Ivan Berryman. (B) Price : £300.00	The Spitfire (EB-J, X4559) of Maurice Peter Brown takes to the air with his wingman. ......
	41 Sqn Scramble by Ivan Berryman. (P) SOLD OUT	The Spitfire (EB-J, X4559) of Maurice Peter Brown takes to the air with his wingman. ......	NOT AVAILABLE
	501 Squadron Hurricanes by Ivan Berryman. (P) Price : £580.00	Group Captain Byron Duckenfield on patrol in Hurricane P3059 of No.501 Squadron during the Battle of Britain. ......

	Wounded Eagle by Ivan Berryman. (P) SOLD OUT	Gerald Stapme Stapleton in his 603 Sqn Spitfire despatching the Bf109 of Franz von Werra of III/JG 3. ......	NOT AVAILABLE
	Straggler's End by Ivan Berryman. (AP) Price : £85.00	Byron Duckenfield is recorded as having shot down a Stuka near Dover, but the exact circumstances are not clear. 501 Sqn did encounter Stukas in this area on a number of occasions - depicted here is a 501 Sqn Hurricane on the tail of a Ju.87. ......
	Straggler's End by Ivan Berryman. (B) Price : £380.00	Byron Duckenfield is recorded as having shot down a Stuka near Dover, but the exact circumstances are not clear. 501 Sqn did encounter Stukas in this area on a number of occasions - depicted here is a 501 Sqn Hurricane on the tail of a Ju.87. ......
	Straggler's End by Ivan Berryman. (C) Price : £510.00	Byron Duckenfield is recorded as having shot down a Stuka near Dover, but the exact circumstances are not clear. 501 Sqn did encounter Stukas in this area on a number of occasions - depicted here is a 501 Sqn Hurricane on the tail of a Ju.87. By......
	Straggler's End by Ivan Berryman. (P) Price : £730.00	Byron Duckenfield is recorded as having shot down a Stuka near Dover, but the exact circumstances are not clear. 501 Sqn did encounter Stukas in this area on a number of occasions - depicted here is a 501 Sqn Hurricane on the tail of a Ju.87. ......

	Dornier's Demise by Ivan Berryman. (AP) Price : £85.00	Maurice Peter Brown damages a Dornier Do.17 in his 41 Squadron Spitfire on 30th September 1940. ......
	Dornier's Demise by Ivan Berryman. (B) Price : £300.00	Maurice Peter Brown damages a Dornier Do.17 in his 41 Squadron Spitfire on 30th September 1940. ......
	Dornier's Demise by Ivan Berryman. (P) Price : £550.00	Maurice Peter Brown damages a Dornier Do.17 in his 41 Squadron Spitfire on 30th September 1940. ......
	Into the Schwarm by Ivan Berryman. (P) Price : £400.00	The lone Spitfire of Maurice Peter Brown of No.41 Sqn, single-handedly attacks a group of eight Me109s on 25th October 1940. ......
	A Welcome Shore by Ivan Berryman. Price : £60.00	Hurricane LK-M of No.87 Squadron piloted by Flt Lt Alex Thom DFC limps over the south coast of England on 19th August 1942. While supporting troops on the ground at Dieppe, the Hurricane was hit by ground fire and lost oil pressure. Alex Thom got the......

A Welcome Shore by Ivan Berryman. (AP) Price : £70.00

Hurricane LK-M of No.87 Squadron piloted by Flt Lt Alex Thom DFC limps over the south coast of England on 19th August 1942. While supporting troops on the ground at Dieppe, the Hurricane was hit by ground fire and lost oil pressure. Alex Thom got the......