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THOMSON, David

Personal Information
Rank P/O
Forename(s) David Macnab
Surname Thomson
Gender M
Age 22
Decorations
Date of death 05-07-1944
Next of kin Son of David Thomson and Marian Cowan Thomson, of Yarraville, Victoria, Australia. Husband of Muriel Joyce Thomson (née Pyke) of Summertown, Oxford. They were married on 10 June 1944, just three weeks before David's death.
Aircraft Information
Aircraft Handley Page Halifax III
Serial Number LW621
Markings DT-Q
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country France
Burial/Memorial Place Calais Canadian War Cemetery, Leubringhen
Grave Reference 8. G. 4..
Epitaph TO LIVE IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE WE LEAVE BEHIND IS NOT TO DIE
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 253
Enlistment information
Service Number 421118
Service Royal Australian Air Force
Group 100
Squadron 192
Trade Pilot
Country of origin if different Australia
Fellow Servicemen
Aiston A (P/O)
Birkin W (F/O)
Charlesworth T (F/S)
Padley E A (Sgt)
Richards G (Sgt)
Schofield W F (Sgt)
Smith R L (F/O)
Last Operation information
Start Date 04-07-1944
End Date 05-07-1944
Takeoff Station Foulsham
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Bomber Support
Reason for Loss Thought to have crashed into the sea