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Aviation Art Prints Pilot Signatures World War Two Signatures UK and Commonwealth H Harvell, Thomas |
Fl. Lt. Thomas Harvell RAF | Fl. Lt. Thomas Harvell RAF Flight Engineer and Co Pilot Lancaster Bombers, N.514 Sq. RAF Bomber Command based in Cambridgeshire England. He completed 11 missions over Germany, before being shot down at Domremy (S.W. Nancy) in France. He then joined the FFI (French resistance) at Neuf Chateau. The mayor of the town later awarded Thomas Harvell the Medal of Honour in recognition of his wartime services an 50 years of continued friendship with his former resistance colleagues. He moved to another area, Doubs, near the Swiss border and helped the resistance liberate the town of Pierrefontaine. he was again awarded and became a 'Citizen of Honour'. The Resistance Veterans Association proposed him for the 'Legion of Honour' but as Thomas Harvell was still RAF/British he never received this award. The RAF did, however, award him several combat medals. Sadly, Thomas Harvell passed away in Southampton on 3rd June 2012. |
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