Canadian Virtual War Memorial
James Austin Thomson
In memory of:
Flight Sergeant James Austin Thomson
May 14, 1943
Military Service
R/121044
20
Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
426 Sqdn.
Additional Information
Son of John James Thomson and Harriet Estella Thomson; husband of Nora Thomson, of Midland Vale, Alberta.
Commemorated on Page 220 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
AMERSFOORT (OLD LEUSDEN) GENERAL CEMETERY
Netherlands
Plot 13. Row 6. Grave 121.
Amersfoort is a town lying 50 kilometres south-east of Amsterdam, and 22 kilometres north-east of Utrecht. The Amersfoort (Oud Leusden) General Cemetery is about 2.5 kilometres from the railway station, in an area known as Oud Leusden. The graves are in a special plot, well sited among trees.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Memorial – Flight Sergeant James Austin Thomson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Memorial – Flight Sergeant James Austin Thomson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Photo of JAMES AUSTIN THOMSON – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of JAMES AUSTIN THOMSON – Memorial for RCAF Wellington bomber HE697, which crashed May 14, 1943 at Nederhorst Den Berg, Netherlands, May 14, 1943. Plaque and memorial were dedicated September 13, 2019. -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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