487 lost two aircraft on this date:
HX975 Missing on sweep over NW Germany
HX966 Missing on sweep over NW Germany
Name: MAIR, THOMAS
Initials: T
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flight Sergeant (Pilot)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force
Unit Text: 487 (R.N.Z.A.F.) Sqdn.
Age: 24
Date of Death: 10/12/1943
Service No: 656406
Additional information: Son of Marion Mair, of Greenock, Renfrewshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 764
Cemetery:
DEN HAM GENERAL CEMETERY
Name: BLOW, KENNETH LESLIE OWEN
Initials: K L O
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Warrant Officer (Nav.)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 487 (R.N.Z.A.F.) Sqdn
Age: 22
Date of Death: 10/12/1943
Service No: 751684
Awards: D F C
Additional information: Son of Edward and Annie Elizabeth Blow, of Luton, Bedfordshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 763.
Cemetery:
DEN HAM GENERAL CEMETERY