THOMAS DERRICK STEELE 

Rank: Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Service Number:.
Regiment: H.M.S. Heron. Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Accident Friday 24th December 1943
Age 20
County MemorialUnknown
Commemorated\Buried Crewe Cemetery
CountryUnited Kingdom

Thomas Derrick's Story.

Derrick was assigned as a pilot in the Fleet Air Arm and was attached to 759 Squadron based at Yeovilton. On 24th December 1943 he was carrying out dogfighting training flying a Hawker Sea Hurricane with other FAA pilots and hit the ground near Ilminster. The plane caught fire killing Derrick.