Major PJ Hayden Thomas
1943 secondees killed
- Rank
- Major
- Honours
- AFC
- 1943 voyage
- Sailed from Cape Town on the Rangitata in September 1943.
- Fate
- Killed in a flying accident, 8 June 1944
From the book
SAAF Airmen in RAF Squadrons
Major PJ Hayden Thomas and Lt Colonel PS Joubert were awarded the “Air Force Cross” in 1944. Thomas lost his life in a flying accident 10 days after the “London Gazette” announcement while Joubert died after an unfortunate accident in August 1945.