Henry L Thompson
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 368FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) training mission in P-51B 42-
106809, 2nd Lt Thompson radioed that his propeller governer had failed and baled out over North sea off Scarborough. Died non Battle (DNB). MACR 12296.
Prior to enlisting he was a very talented horticulturist, garden designer and landscape architect and is commemorated on the tablets of the missing at Cambridge.
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Little Liquidator
- Unit: 339th Fighter Group 359th Fighter Group 368th Fighter Squadron 504th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Jefferson County, TX, USA | 3 September 1918 | Son of Albert LaFayette and Carrie Lee Dark Thompson. |
Enlisted |
Houston, TX, USA | 7 May 1942 | Houston, Texas |
Other Crashed |
21 January 1945 | Landing Accident East Wrentham/Sta 133 Cat 3 damage, 2nd Lt Henry L Thompson, 21-Jan-45. | |
Died Killed in Action |
North Sea off Scarborough | 7 February 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) training mission in P-51B 42- 106809, 2nd Lt Thompson radioed that his propeller governer had failed and baled out over North sea off Scarborough. Died non Battle (DNB). MACR 12296. |
Tyler, Texas | |||
Based |
East Wretham | 7 February 1945 | Assigned to 368FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Tablets of the missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK |
Revisions
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http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbapi.asp?Pilot=Thompson%2C+Henr…
http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/planes/ryedale/106809.html
https://www.fold3.com/page/529903564_henry_l%20thompson/details/
https://www.fold3.com/page/84820208_henry_l%20thompson/details/
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / Unit History