Service Details
Name:
 THOMPSON
Given Name:
 ROY FURNIVALL
Initials:
 R F
Service No:
 778361
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Sergeant
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Unit:
 144 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1942-02-07
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Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Hampden AD824, minelaying, shot down by Oberfeldwebel Detlef Luth (4./JG 1), flying a Messerschmitt Bf109 fighter
Additional
Information:
Son of John Furnivall and Helen Marianne Thompson, of Brough, Yorkshire. On war memorial in Marandellas, Rhodesia. Now known as Marondera, Zimbabwe. His brother also died in service. RAF Number: Enlistments in Rhodesia
Commemoration
Country:
 Netherlands
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Cemetery:
 AMELAND (NES) GENERAL CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Plot D. Row 15. Grave 14.

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