Harold M Thompson
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Object Number - UPL 13048 - One panel on memorial to victims of 389th Bomb Group mid-air collision, All Saints Church, Carleton Rode, Norfolk.
Assigned to 565BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF.
Survived Mid Air Collision on training mission in B-24 42-40774 25-Jun-43 RTD.
Interned in Turkey on 8/1/43 while on TDY to 9th AF for Ploesti raid in plane 42-40744.
Fatal Mid Air Collision in B-24 44-10513 during formation assembly for mission. 21-Nov-44 Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: DFC, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35370265
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner / Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13090798 / O-820824
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot / Pilot
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Enlisted |
Presidio Of Monterey, CA | 10 March 1942 | |
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Other Mid Air Collision |
Seething, UK | 24 June 1943 | Survived Mid Air Collision on training mission in B-24 42-40774 25-Jun-43. RTD |
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Other Interned |
Ankara, Turkey | 1 August 1943 | Interned Ankara, Turkey |
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Other Killed in action |
Carleton Rode, Norfolk UK | 21 November 1944 | Fatal Mid Air Collision in B-24 44-10513 during formation assembly for mission. 21-Nov-44 Killed in Action. |
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Born |
Missouri, USA | ||
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Buried |
Sgt. Thompson's remains were not recovered. He is listed on the Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge Cemetery and Memorial | ||
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Based |
Hethel | 21 November 1944 | Assigned to 565BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. |
| Douglas County, OR |
Revisions
Combat Supplement, 389th website, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey p. 165, ABMC / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
