Walter W Thompson
Military
ABMC FB page (USAAF Photo).
Object Number - UPL 42813 - L to R: 1st Lt Walter W Thompson, 2nd Lt Earl C Edgar, 25th BG.
Assigned to 654BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF. On 7-Aug-44, pilot Walter W. Thompson was on H2X photography (MICKEY) mission to Salzburgen, Germany in Mosquito. He and navigator Edgar where listed as Missing in Action (MIA) from that mission. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 7423
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 25th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39390461 / O-697828
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator / Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: Mosquito
- Unit: 802nd Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Enlisted |
Milwaukee, Wi | 30 March 1942 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
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Died |
Salzburg, Germany | 7 August 1944 | Listed as Missing in Action (MIA) from Salzburg mission. Shot down 7-Aug-44. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 7423 |
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Born |
Milwaukee, WI | Son of William A and Matilda Thompson. | |
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Buried |
Tablets of the Missing Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands | ||
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Based |
Watton | 7 August 1944 | Assigned to 654BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/image/310952166
https://www.fold3.com/image/205056970
https://www.fold3.com/record/84386369-walter-w-thompson
https://www.fold3.com/record/529878281-walter-w-thompson
https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/MACRmonthly/44AugMACR.htm
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56304577/walter-w-thompson
Norman Malayney, "The 25th Bomb Group (Rcn) in WWII" Schiffer Publications Ltd. 2011.
Combat Chronology Supplements p. 540 and 189, Aerial Intelligence of the 8th AF, p.175; Unit History / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
