 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Ward Thomas akabatana neRAF Bomber Command muna 1941 uye akadzidziswa kuva mufambisi wengarava uye mutyairi wendege muSouth Africa. Akabatana ne100 Squadron semutyairi weLancaster uye akazoendeswa ku550 Squadron yakamira muGrimsby. Akabhururuka nzendo 36 pamusoro peFrance neGermany munguva yehondo, kusanganisira kutora chikamu muNuremberg kurwisa kwaMarch 1944umo Bomber Command yakatambura kurasikirwa kwayo kukuru. Akapiwa Croix de Guerre nokuda kwokubatanidzwa kwake mukuputika kwebhomba pamusasa weGermany wePanzer kudzidzisa paMailly-le-Camp mberi kwekubhururuka kweNormandy muna June 1944. Akagamuchirawo DFC nokuda kwesimba guru, ushingi uye kuzvipira kubasa mumabasa emhepo munguva yeHondo. Pakasvika nguva yaakasiya RAF Ward Thomas akanga awana chinzvimbo chemutevedzeri wemutungamiri. 