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Personal info

Full name
THOMPSON, George E
Date of birth
1914
Age
unknown
Place of birth
New Hampshire
Hometown
Hillsborough County, New Hampshire

Military service

Service number
11023579
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Tail Gunner
Unit
558th Bombardment Squadron,
387th Bombardment Group, Medium
Awards
Distinguished Flying Cross,
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 May 1944
Place of death
Northwest of Paris, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 36 51

Immediate family

Members
George E. Thompson (father)
Ethel M. (Chapman) Thompson (mother)
Dorothy Thompson (sister)
Kenneth B. Thompson (brother)
Donald Thompson (brother)
Margaret E. Thompson (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-107690
Data
Type: B-26C-45
Destination: Conflans-sur-Seine, France
Mission: Railroad Bridge
MACR: 5025

More information

S/Sgt George E. Thompson joined the Regular Army in Manchester, New Hampshire on 14 April 1941.
He attended high school for 4 years and was a plumber.
T/Sgt Raymond T. Lent:
Flying as Radio Gunner on Lt Tandy’s crew we were on Capt Harmon’s right wing. I was at the right waist gun when Capt Harmon’s ship was hit by flack about twenty seconds before we reached the bomb release point. The flack hit his right wing tearing part of it off. I lost the ship for a few seconds and when I picked it up again it was in a steep dive near the ground. I saw one chute before the plane was lost to sight. I did not see the plane crash.
He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Solers, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com – Russ Pickett, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Thompson Family Tree, www.fold3.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, www.ancestry.com – Bonnie Paquin