T1066

Airspeed Oxford Mk II, assigned to 8th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, 802nd Reconnaissance Group (SP), 8th AF USAAF. Mid Air Collision Hall Farm, East Winch Cat 5 damage, pilot Capt Richard B Thompson KIFA, 5-May-44. SOC.

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Units served with

802nd Reconnaissance Group (SP)

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Reconnaissance

8th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force

People

Richard B Thompson

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 25th Bomb Group 8th Reconnaissance Squadron
Highest Rank: Captain
Role/Job: Pilot

Places

A crew of a B-17 Flying Fortress of the 25th Bomb Group. Veteran's caption handwritten on reverse: 'Back Row- Left to Right Edward Corner Tail Gunner (Deceased)- Sam Odensky RDG- Donald Yennie Engineer (Status Unknown) The Hawk RAF) 1st Row Kneeling L to R Warren Forgie (Pilot), Earnest York (Co-Pilot), Edward Sofranko (Navigator), Robert Poe (Ball Gunner) (Edward York Died Oct 15, 1988 Heart Attack).'

Watton

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Crashed	Hall Farm Gardens, East Winch, King's Lynn, Norfolk PE32 1NS, UK	5 May 1944	Mid Air Collision Hall Farm, East Winch Cat 5 damage, pilot Capt Richard B Thompson KIFA, 5-May-44. 8WRS 802RG 8AF
Other Struck Off Charge SOC	Watton, Thetford, Norfolk IP25, UK	7 September 1944	Struck Off Charge.
Manufactured	Christchurch, Dorset, UK		Built at Airspeed.
Delivered	England, UK		Delivered to RAF MU.
Assigned	Watton, Thetford, Norfolk IP25, UK		Assigned to 8th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, 802nd Reconnaissance Group (SP), 8th AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date5 Feb 2016 10:04:35

ContributorAl_Skiff

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Sources

http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbasn.asp?SN=T1066&Submit4=Go
http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=95225