In Memory Of
THOMPSON, DONALD RAYMOND
Service Details
Age:
23
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
102762
Rank:
Captain
Unit:
40 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1942-06-18
Cause of Death:
Died in Aircraft Accident, engine cut on take off spun into ground off turn LG103, in Curtiss Tomahawk Mk IIA #AH915
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
XXXI. F. 17.
Cemetery:
EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Decorations:
Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
LG Sup 11 June 1942 pg. 2522
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
