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404916 Flight Sergeant Thomas Stanley MAHOOD.
Parents: Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Mahood, of Cambridge.

Thomas Mahood was born at Cambridge on the 25th October 1916. He received his secondary education at the Cambridge District High School and passed the University Entrance examination, afterwards attending Victoria University College. Here he passed the Accountancy Professional examination and all but one subject of the examination for the B.Com.Degree. He played football for Victoria College and also rowed in the College 8. From the time of joining the staff of the Pensions Department in 1935, until applying for enlistment in aircrew on the 22nd December 1939, he was in the employ of the Government with the Social Security Department from 1939.

Flight Sergeant Mahood was enlisted was enlisted at the Initial Training Wing, Levin on the 1st December 1940, and proceeded to No.3 Elementary Flying Training School Harewood, on the 20th January 1941 to commence his flying training; thence on the 3rd March to No.2 Service Flying Training School, Woodbourne, Blenheim. Here on the 24th April he was awarded the flying badge and promoted to Sergeant on the 24th May. While overseas, on the 1st December 1941 he was promoted to the rank of Flight Sergeant. Meanwhile, on the 18th June 1941 he had embarked for the United Kingdom.

Flight Sergeant Mahood proceeded by way of Canada and arrived at No.3 Personnel Reception Centre, Bournemouth, on the 31st July, being then posted to No.22 Operational Training Unit, Wellsbourne, Mountford, Warwick on the 4th August. Here he converted to Wellington bomber aircraft before proceeding on the 11th October to No.405 Squadron at Pocklington, Yorkshire.

With this squadron as 2nd pilot of Wellington aircraft, he took part in two operational flights to Bremen, and Emden, both in Germany. Late in November he was posted to No.75 N.Z.Squadron at Feltwell, Norfolk, and took part in a further three