Wartime Heritage ASSOCIATION
Remembering World War II Thomas Gerald Stevenson Royal Canadian Air Force
Thomas Gerald Stevenson Leading Aircraftman R/116433 Royal Canadian Air Force February 22, 1923 Belmont, Manitoba July 16, 1941 Winnipeg, Manitoba Belmont, Manitoba 18 6 feet, 1½ inches Fair Blue Light Brown Single Student United Church William Free Stevenson (Father) October 30, 1941 18 Belmont Hillside Cemetery, Manitoba Plot 201 Sec. 7.
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Thomas Gerald Stevenson was the son of Dr. William Free Stevenson, M.D., and Katherine Ann (Martin) Stevenson, of Belmont, Manitoba.   Thomas completed his grade twelve in 1941. He was employed as a druggist’s clerk at the Belmont Pharmacy between 1938 and 1941.  His sport activities included hockey, tennis, baseball, basketball, and swimming.  Thomas was posted to No 2. Initial Training School from September 1, 1941 and October 1, 1941, in Regina, Saskatchewan.  He was assessed as “bright, alert and hard working … personable good man with a good education, and the ambition to succeed.” On October 6, 1941, he was assigned to No.14 Elementary Flying Training School at Portage La Prairie.  Leading Aircraftman Stevenson, pilot (in training) on Tiger Moth 4110, crashed at 11:00 am on October 30, 1941, near Newton, Manitoba, after a mid-air collision with another Tiger Moth, also from No.14 Elementary Flying Training School piloted by Leading Aircraftman K. A. Maphadden.     Leading Aircraftman Stevenson was killed, Aircraftman K. A. Maphadden, survived the collision.