Service Details
Name:
 THOMPSON
Given Name:
 RICHARD KEITH
Initials:
 R K
Service No:
 160052
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Pilot Officer
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Unit:
 266 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1943-08-03
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Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Typhoon 1B JP 399, engaged 6 FW 190s and seen spinning into ground
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.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Finistere
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Cemetery:
 GOUESNOU CHURCHYARD
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Grave Reference:
 Grave 1.

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