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Military service
Service number:
J/29675
Age:
23
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
138 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
September 1, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Grave 14.
Additional information
Son of Russell E. and Jessie Thompson, of Fort Erie, Ontario; husband of Jean Thompson, of Fort Erie.
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Flying Officer Bruce Thompson as commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Flying Officer Bruce Thompson as commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Bruce Thompson
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Flying Officer Bruce Thompson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Bruce Thompson
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Flying Officer Bruce Thompson
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Flying Officer Bruce Thompson
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Flying Officer Bruce Thompson
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Flying Officer Bruce Thompson
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Flying Officer Bruce Thompson
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Flying Officer Bruce Thompson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 461 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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GILZE-EN-RIJEN (GILZE) ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY Netherlands
The village of Gilze is 8 kilometres west of Tilburg. The cemetery is 40 metres behind the church, which stands in the centre of the village. The graves are in the north-west portion.
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