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Military service
Service number:
J/88089
Age:
27
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
460 (R.A.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
May 4, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave 2-3.
Additional information
Son of John Henry and Marie J. Thompson, of Windsor, Ontario Canada.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Willis Henry Thompson
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Newspaper clipping
From the Windsor Daily Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Windsor Daily Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Windsor Daily Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Willis Henry Thompson is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Willis Henry Thompson is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of WILLIS HENRY THOMPSON
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of WILLIS HENRY THOMPSON
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star October 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 462 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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DOMMARTIN-LETTREE CHURCHYARD Marne, France
Dommartin-Lettree is a village and commune some 22 kilometres south of Chalons en Champagne and some 22 kilometres west of Vitry-le-Francois. The church is to be found in a central position in the village, and the Commonwealth war graves of five airmen of the Royal Air Force and two of the Royal Canadian Air Force lie in the churchyard immediately behind the church.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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