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Son of Niels and Anne Marie Thomsen; husband of Sigrid Thomsen (nee Nielson), of Kerteminde, Denmark.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Carl Christian Thomsen
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Sergeant Carl Christian Thomsen
A list of the important dates of Sgt. Carl Thomsen's overseas service.
Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada
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Sergeant Carl Christian Thomsen
Death Certicate issued by the government of Alberta for the RCAF.
Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada
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Sergeant Carl Christian Thomsen
A letter of recommendation from Carl's supervisory officer in the Department of Education in Alberta.
Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Carl Christian Thomsen
One of the crew members of Carl's Beaufort seems to have survived. He reports that the aircraft ditched and the rest of the crew didn't get out of the aircraft.
Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada
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Sergeant Carl Christian Thomsen
The government document requesting information on Carl's family with regards to his will and estate.
Source: Whitehouse via Library and Archives Canada
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Sergeant Carl Christian Thomsen
His wife Sigrid filled in his family information. Carl had five brothers, six sisters, and his parents still in German occupied Denmark.
Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Carl Christian Thomsen
This is the personal information from his wife Sigrid. They had only met in 1940. He went overseas in 1941. They, unfortunately, didn't have much time together.
Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada
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Sergeant Carl Christian Thomsen
His wife's statement to the RCAF.
Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Carl Christian Thomsen
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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A list of the important dates of Sgt. Carl Thomsen's overseas service. Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada
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Death Certicate issued by the government of Alberta for the RCAF. Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada
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A letter of recommendation from Carl's supervisory officer in the Department of Education in Alberta. Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada
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One of the crew members of Carl's Beaufort seems to have survived. He reports that the aircraft ditched and the rest of the crew didn't get out of the aircraft. Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada
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The government document requesting information on Carl's family with regards to his will and estate. Source: Whitehouse via Library and Archives Canada
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His wife Sigrid filled in his family information. Carl had five brothers, six sisters, and his parents still in German occupied Denmark. Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada
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This is the personal information from his wife Sigrid. They had only met in 1940. He went overseas in 1941. They, unfortunately, didn't have much time together. Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada
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His wife's statement to the RCAF. Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Page 46 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL Surrey, United Kingdom
During the Second World War more than 116,000 men and women of the Air Forces of the British Commonwealth gave their lives in service. More than 17,000 of these were members of the Royal Canadian Air Force, or Canadians serving with the Royal Air Force. Approximately one-third of all who died have no known grave. Of these, 20,450 are commemorated by name on the Runnymede Memorial, which is situated at Englefield Green, near Egham, 32 kilometers by road west of London.
The design of the Runnymede Memorial is original and striking. On the crest of Cooper's Hill, overlooking the Thames, a square tower dominates a cloister, in the centre of which rests the Stone of Remembrance. The cloistered walks terminate in two lookouts, one facing towards Windsor, and the other towards London Airport at Heathrow. The names of the dead are inscribed on the stone reveals of the narrow windows in the cloisters and the lookouts. They include those of 3,050 Canadian airmen. Above the three-arched entrance to the cloister is a great stone eagle with the Royal Air Force motto, Per Ardua ad Astra". On each side is the inscription:
IN THIS CLOISTER ARE RECORDED THE NAMES OF TWENTY THOUSAND AIRMEN WHO HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE. THEY DIED FOR FREEDOM IN RAID AND SORTIE OVER THE BRITISH ISLES AND THE LANDS AND SEAS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN EUROPE
In the tower a vaulted shrine, which provides a quiet place for contemplation, contains illuminated verses by Paul H. Scott."
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