Michael C. Thompson Updated: 17 MAR 2013
Airman: e777612.htm Surname: Thompson Init: M C Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 88
P_link: p201.htm Plane: DOU BZ232 Operation: Sea rescue Crash_site: The North Sea
Crash_d: d290743 Buried_d: e777 C_link: e777.htm At_Next: NO KNOWN
Kl. 07.17 den 29. juli 1943 lettede
DOU BZ232 fra RAF Swanton Morley på en eftersøgning til
søs. Kl. 09.36 på position 53 57N 04 39E blev den set ramme vandet med venstre
vingespids og eksplodere efter at være dykket ned. En overlevende blev slynget
fri og nåede en gummibåd kastet af et andet fly, som kredsede over stedet Sergeant Michael Christopher Thompson, 20
år, var søn af Geoffrey Charles og Fanny Nellie Thompson, Norwich, United
Kingdom. S. R Kenny blev fundet drevet ind på Peter Meyers
Sand (omkring
her) ved Sønderho på Fanø den 1. september 1943. At 07.17 hrs. on 29 July 1943 DOU BZ232 took off from RAF Swanton Morley on a sea search. At 09.36 hrs. 53 57N 04 39E seen to hit sea with port wingtip and explode after diving in. Survivor was thrown clear and reached dinghy dropped by another aircraft which circled spot for an hour. (Source: MACR) Sergeant Michael Christopher Thompson, 20,
was the son of Geoffrey Charles and Fanny Nellie Thompson, of Norwich, United
Kingdom. S. R. Kenny was found washed ashore on Peter
Meyer's Sand (about
here) near
Sønderho on Fanø on 1 September 1943. 3 airmen have no known grave. Bomber Command Squadron No. 88 * No. 88 Squadron RAF * This Douglas Boston III took off from RAF Swanton Morley. 4 airmen. |