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Name: R THOMPSON
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 789 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Malagas, Wingfield, South Africa
Date of death: 1942-10-26
Aircraft: Albacore X 9233
Place of death: RNAS Wingfield, South Africa
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: SIMON'S TOWN (DIDO VALLEY) CEMETERY - Western Cape
Commemoration details: Naval Allotment, Row E, Grave 10
Family details: Son of Albert Victor and Elizabeth Thompson, of Poulton le Fylde, Lancashire, England
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 789 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Malagas, Wingfield, South Africa
Date of death: 1942-10-26
Aircraft: Albacore X 9233
Place of death: RNAS Wingfield, South Africa
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: SIMON'S TOWN (DIDO VALLEY) CEMETERY - Western Cape
Commemoration details: Naval Allotment, Row E, Grave 10
Family details: Son of Albert Victor and Elizabeth Thompson, of Poulton le Fylde, Lancashire, England
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