Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Grave Marker – Grave marker - Calais Canadian War Cemetery … 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

Memorial – Pilot Officer James Sydney Thomson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Memorial – Pilot Officer James Sydney Thomson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Grave marker – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Other – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Other – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Attestation paper – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Attestation paper – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Photo of JAMES SYDNEY THOMSON – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Photo of JAMES SYDNEY THOMSON – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Photo of James Sydney Thomson – James Thomson 432 Squadron RCAF prior to departure to England. TORONTO 1943

Newspaper Clipping – The Toronto Star, February 14, 1945, page 9 P/O Thomson, age 20, served as Air Gunner in 432 Sqn on Halifax III NA-500. On the night of May 11/12, 1944 they were sent on an operation to Boulogne-Sur-Mer, France. They were airborne 22:57 11 May from East Moor and collided with a 427 Sqn Halifax, both aircraft crashing between le Portal (Pas-de-Calais) in the NW outskirts of Outreau and SW of the entrance to Boulogne-sur-Mar Harbour. (www.lostbombers.co.uk) S/L Barrett is commemorated on Panel 243 of the Runnymede Memorial; P/O Shaw is buried in the Marquise Communal Cemetery; the rest of the crew have been re-interred in the Canadian War Cemetery at Calais. Crew members were: S/L (P) Clayton K. Barrett, age 23, from Westmount, Que. F/O (N) Douglas G. Bentley, age 27, from Toronto. P/O (BA) Thos. A. Goundrey, age 25, from Riverfield, Que. P/O (AG) Alexander Hamilton, age 26, from Nanaimo, B. C. P/O (AG) James S.Thomson, age 20, from Toronto, Ont. F/S (WAG) George E. Coe, RAF, age 33, from Chester, England F/S (AG) William H. Riding, RAF, age 20, from Lancashire. P/O (P) William Muir Shaw, RAF, age 20, from Glasgow, Scotland From //rcaf.com/6group: it is possible that the aircraft collided with Halifax III LW-114 piloted by F/Lt. David Perry.

Newspaper Clipping – The Toronto Star, February 14, 1945, page 9