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Military service
Service number:
R/60289
Age:
31
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
217 Sqdn.
Death:
October 11, 1941
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 62.
Additional information
Son of Niels and Anne Marie Thomsen; husband of Sigrid Thomsen (nee Nielson), of Kerteminde, Denmark.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Carl Christian Thomsen
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Document
A list of the important dates of Sgt. Carl Thomsen's overseas service. Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada -
Death Certificate
Death Certicate issued by the government of Alberta for the RCAF. Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada -
Letter
A letter of recommendation from Carl's supervisory officer in the Department of Education in Alberta. Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada -
Document
One of the crew members of Carl's Beaufort seems to have survived. He reports that the aircraft ditched and the rest of the crew didn't get out of the aircraft. Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada -
Document
The government document requesting information on Carl's family with regards to his will and estate. Source: Whitehouse via Library and Archives Canada -
Document
His wife Sigrid filled in his family information. Carl had five brothers, six sisters, and his parents still in German occupied Denmark. Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada -
Document
This is the personal information from his wife Sigrid. They had only met in 1940. He went overseas in 1941. They, unfortunately, didn't have much time together. Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada -
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His wife's statement to the RCAF. Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada -
Photo of CARL CHRISTIAN THOMSEN
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Carl Christian Thomsen
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Carl Christian Thomsen
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Carl Christian Thomsen
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Carl Christian Thomsen
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Carl Christian Thomsen
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Carl Christian Thomsen
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Carl Christian Thomsen
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Carl Christian Thomsen
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Carl Christian Thomsen
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 46 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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