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THOMPSON, Desmond

Personal Information
Rank P/O
Forename(s) Desmond Lewis
Surname Thompson
Gender M
Age 21
Decorations
Date of death 29-04-1943
Next of kin Son of Samuel Walter and Margaret Adelaide Thompson, of Onehunga, Auckland New Zealand.
Aircraft Information
Aircraft Short Stirling III
Serial Number BF467
Markings AA-W
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Denmark
Burial/Memorial Place Svino Churchyard
Grave Reference Grave 15..
Epitaph
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 253
Enlistment information
Service Number 413152
Service Royal New Zealand Air Force
Group 3
Squadron 75 (NZ)
Trade Pilot
Country of origin if different New Zealand
Fellow Servicemen
Abbott C (Sgt)
Glendinning J T (Sgt)
Jenkins E R (W/O)
Phillips G (Sgt)
Ramsay J A (WO2)
Williams J M (F/S)
Last Operation information
Start Date 28-04-1943
End Date 29-04-1943
Takeoff Station Newmarket
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Mining in the Radish region
Reason for Loss Hit by marine flak and crashed in the Baltic off Lolland island