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THOMPSON, Wilfred

Personal Information
Rank Sgt
Forename(s) Wilfred Strachan
Surname Thompson
Gender M
Age 27
Decorations
Date of death 03-02-1943
Next of kin Son of Donald Donia Thompson and Elizabeth Thompson, of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
Aircraft Information
Aircraft Handley Page Halifax II
Serial Number W7921
Markings DY-M
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Germany
Burial/Memorial Place Rheinberg War Cemetery
Grave Reference 17. B. 17..
Epitaph
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 253
Enlistment information
Service Number 411107
Service Royal New Zealand Air Force
Group 4
Squadron 102 (Ceylon)
Trade WOp/AG
Country of origin if different New Zealand
Fellow Servicemen
Alexander R L (P/O)
Lofthouse M W (F/S)
Short A (Sgt)
Last Operation information
Start Date 03-02-1943
End Date 04-02-1943
Takeoff Station Pocklington
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Hamburg. 263 aircraft, 16 losses (6.1%). Severe icing over the channel caused many crews to return early. H2S again proved ineffective, leading to scattered bombing throughout the city.
Reason for Loss Shot down by a night-fighter on outbound leg and crashed near Quakenbruck