Thompson, John Willard (Flying Officer)

Took off from Oulton at 22:36 in Liberator Mk VI Sqn code: 6G-J Bomber Command on a Radio Counter Measures mission (dropping chaff) in the direction of Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany.

Shot down by a night fighter and crashed SE of Dortmund, Germany.

Killed includes Thompson: Flight Sergeant Desmond Bryant RAF KIA Venray War Cemetery Ref : VII. E. 6., Holland. Flight Sergeant John Henry Kendall RAF KIA Venray War Cemetery Ref : VII. E. 5. Sergeant Edwin Eric Whittaker RAF KIA Venray War Cemetery Ref : VII. E. 3. Flight Sergeant Ronald Mark Wood RCAF R/176382 KIA Venray War Cemetery Ref : VII. E. 4. Flight Sergeant Ronald Wynn RAF KIA Venray War Cemetery Ref : VII. E. 2.

POWs: W/O William Francis Baker RAF POW camp not listed. W/O Ronald Albert Victor Palmer RAF POW camp not listed. Flight Sergeant George Robert Graham RAF POW camp not listed. Flying Officer Ronald Walter Johnson RAF POW camp not listed. F/Sg. Brian Maxwell RCAF R/191140 POW injured and confined to hospital until liberation.