Service Details
Name:
 THOMSON
Given Name:
 WILLIAM REID
Initials:
 W R
Service No:
 P/202950
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 1 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1942-11-27
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Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Supermarine Spitfire Mk VB #EP793, shot down by Bf109, crashed North of road, 25 miles NE of Mersah el Brega
Additional
Information:
Son of William and Reinetta W. Thomson, of Cathcart, Cape Province, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 Libya
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Cemetery:
 BENGHAZI WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 6. A. 5.

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