Donn G Thompson

Military
media-19317.jpeg UPL 19317 1LT Donn G. Thompson
Bombardier
Crew #501 - Robert Walling Crew
Later 785th Squadron Bombardier 466th Bomb Group collection

466th BG Archives

Object Number - UPL 19317 - 1LT Donn G. Thompson Bombardier Crew #501 - Robert Walling Crew Later 785th Squadron Bombardier

Bombardier on Crew 501. Towards end of combat tour was squadron Bombardier.

AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ DFC w/ Oak Leaf Cluster

Elected Mayor of Benton, LA in the 1970's

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Units served with

Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'

466th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Donald William Shanklin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot/Pilot

Places

Aerial photograph of Attlebridge airfield, looking north, the fuel store and a T2 hangar are in the upper centre, 31 January 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/51. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Attlebridge

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Bernie, Louisiana 18 May 1922

Died

Shreveport, LA, USA 30 January 2014 Mr. Thompson was a native of Bernice, LA and a longtime resident of Bossier City, LA. He was a member of Benton Presbyterian Church. He retired as a Lieutenant Colonel of the United States Air Force. Mr. Thompson served as the Mayor of Benton during the 1970's, was the Executive Secretary of Cypress Black Bayou Rec. District and an Independent Oil and Gas operator. Mr. Thompson was preceded in death by his wife, Evelyn Sobolle; wife, Margaret Wallace Thompson; father, Graydon Thompson; mother, Annie W. Thompson; brother, Jack Thompson; and sister, Nelwyn Thompson Wemple. He is survived by his wife of 28 years, Era Wallace Thompson; daughter, Karen Thompson; son, Richard Carl Thompson and wife, Christine Hinkle; five grandchildren, Michael Graydon Thompson, of McKinney, TX, Richard (Chad) Charles Thompson, of Shreveport, Amie Thompson Miller, of McKinney, TX, Janice Porter, of Shreveport, Jim Porter, of Blanchard; seven great-grandchildren; and sister-in-law, Alice Thompson, of Shreveport.

Buried

Haughton, LA 71037, USA 3 February 2014 Hillcrest Memorial Park and Mausoleum Haughton Bossier Parish Louisiana, USA

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466th BG Historian

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self

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