Thompson, Wilfred Strachan
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 | New Zealand |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Catherine's Church Barmby Moor, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Roll of Honour in wall mounted wooden case, Sqn Badge above |
Memorial Text | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn Roll of Honour and Sqn badge |
Location | Pocklington Gliding Club, Pocklington Airfield, Easy Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stylised Memorial with inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | Memorial to 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF and 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF which served at RAF Pocklington during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/809/4 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/809/3 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 03-02-1943 |
End Date | 04-02-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Pocklington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (1% moon) |
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 |