Thomas Trouncer's birth was registered in Kingston, Surrey in 1906. He attended University College, Oxford gaining an B.A. and while at university he was a member of the Oxford University Air Squadron. After graduating from Oxford he begun a career as a solicitor and was made a partner in Markby, Stewart & Wadesons, of 5 Bishopsgate, London but continued his flying in the RAF Special Reserve for several years. He was granted a commission in the RAFO as P/O on probation on 23rd July 1928 and was confirmed in the rank of P/O on 23rd July 1929. He rose to F/O on 23rd January 1930 but relinquished his commission of F/O on completion of service on 23rd July 1933. He married in Marylebone, London in 1931 and was father to a young daughter. His obituary stated that family life and his profession resulted in him giving up his commission in the RAF in the 1930s. On the outbreak of WW2 he rejoined the RAF and was granted a commission as F/O on 22nd August 1939 (with seniority of 22nd February 1936). Flight Magazine dated 20th June 1940 stated that he was wounded or injured on active service, this would suggest that he had been injured in a flying accident in the weeks prior to this date in June 1940.

I have yet to locate the crash site but historian Mr Graham Sharpe did locate fragments at the site in 1979, the photograph above shows these fragments.