Service Details
Name:
 THOMPSON
Given Name:
 DONALD RAYMOND
Initials:
 D R
Service No:
 102762
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 40 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1942-06-18
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Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, engine cut on take off spun into ground off turn LG103, in Curtiss Tomahawk Mk IIA #AH915
Decorations:
 Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 LG Sup 11 June 1942 pg. 2522
Additional
Information:
Son of Alfred Herbert James and Grace Thompson, of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. B.Sc. Mech. Eng. On Jeppe High School for Boys Roll of Honour
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 XXXI. F. 17.

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