Thompson, Reginald Perronet Campbell
Personal Information
Rank | F/L |
Forename(s) | Reginald Perronet Campbell |
Surname | Thompson |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 04-04-1941 |
Next of Kin | Son of Reginald Campbell Thompson and of Barbara Brodrick Thompson (Nee Robinson) of Boar's Hill. Qualified For Degree of B.A. (Oxon). |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Hampden I |
Serial Number | AD748 |
Markings | OL-M |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Sunningwell (St. Leonard) Churchyard |
Grave Reference | Near S.E. corner of chancel. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 106 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 74343 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 83 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating 83 Sqn Lancaster, one of the Pathfinder Sqn's operating from RAF Wyton 1942 - 1945 |
Location | St. Michaels's Church, Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Wooden Plaque & 83 Sqn Badge |
Memorial Text | This Chapel was furnished by members and friends of 83 Pathfinder Sqn and is dedicated to the memory of those airmen who lost their lives on flying operations from RAF Coningsby in WWII |
Casualty Pack Number Find Out More
AIR 81/5691 (P358144/41) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/686/32 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/686/31 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 03-04-1941 |
End Date | 04-04-1941 |
Takeoff Station | Scampton |
Day/Night Raid | Night (40% moon) |
Operation | Mine laying off la Rochelle |
Reason for Loss | Crashed 0200 into high ground at Hangingstone Hill Dartmoor on return |