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Aviation Art Prints  Pilot Signatures World War Two Signatures UK and Commonwealth T  Thompson, Tommy |
[UP] - Tait, James - Tappin, H - Tapson, Derek - Tatham, Basil - Tattersall, John - Taussig, Kurt - Taylor, Jimmy - Taylor, P - Tempest, Ken - Temple, Julian - Tetlow, Phil - Thom, Alex - Thomas, Harry - Thomas, J - Thomas, Ken - Thompson, Anthony - Thompson, Sam - Thompson, Tommy - Thomson, George - Thomson, Thomas - Thorburn, John - Thorogood, Laurence - Tidy, Douglas - Tilley, F - Tilley, Reade - Todd, Noel - Todd, Richard - Toombs, John - Townsend, Bill - Townsend, Peter - Townsend, Rusty - Trent, Leonard - Trotman, John - Tucker, Arthur - Tuhill, Pat - Tunstall, Fred - Tyack, F - Tyson, Geoffrey |
Captain Tommy Thompson DFC JP BOAC BA | Captain Tommy Thompson DFC JP BOAC BA Anthony Robert Fletcher Thompson - Tommy Thompson was born on October 14th 1920. He joined the RAF VF about July 1939 as an airman under training pilot. Called up on September 1st, he completed his training at 15 EFTS and 5 FTS Sealand and arrived at 6 OTU on September 10th 1940. After converting to Hurricanes, he joined 85 (F) Squadron at Church Fenton on the 29th and moved to 249 (F) Squadron at North Weald in Essex on October 17th 1940. Thompson shared in the destruction of a Junkers Ju88 on October 28th and destroyed a Bf109 on the 30th. In May 1941 249 Squadron went to Malta and flew off of HMS Ark Royal in two groups on the 21st. On August 5th Tommy Thompson joined the Malta Night Fighting Defence Unit then formed at Ta Kali. He damaged an Italian Br20 at night on November 11th. The unit became 1435 (Night Fighter) Flight on December 23rd 1941. Thompson was posted to 71 OTU Gordons Tree, Sudan on March 3rd 1942. He returned to operations on October 1st joining 73 (F) Squadron in the Western Desert. In mid-November he was appointed A Flight Commander. At the end of December Thompson was posted to Cairo and in February he went to 206 Group as a test Pilot. He was awarded the DFC (23.03.43). On March 10th 1944 Thompson was seconded to BOAC and he took his release in Cairo on January 26th 1946 holding the rank of Flight Lieutenant. The following day he signed a contract with BOAC as a Captain. He retired from British Airways on October 14th 1975. Tommy Thompson passed away on 9th March 2008.
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