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Russell Bennett Thompson

In memory of:

Pilot Officer Russell Bennett Thompson

June 3, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

J/86841

Age:

23

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

158 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information

Son of Harold Bennett Thompson and Edith Margaret Thompson, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 461 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

ECQUETOT COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Eure, France

Grave Reference:

Coll. grave.

Location:

Ecquetot is a village and commune 20 kilometres north-west of Evreux. This burial ground is in the fields 200 yards east of the D.79 road to La Haye-Malherbe, along a narrow road. In the south-eastern corner is the collective grave of four airmen, one of whom belonged to the Royal Air Force and the others to the Royal Canadian Air Force.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Pilot Officer Russell Bennett Thompson is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Pilot Officer Russell Bennett Thompson is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– 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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    Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Pilot Officer Russell Bennett Thompson is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Pilot Officer Russell Bennett Thompson is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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