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Sergeant Constantinos Marios Thompson

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Sergeant Constantinos Marios Thompson

Birth
Death
4 Apr 1941
Terrington St Clement, Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough, Norfolk, England
Burial
Chorlton-Cum-Hardy, Metropolitan Borough of Manchester, Greater Manchester, England Add to Map
Plot
Sec. E. Nonconformist. Grave 1535.
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1941 June Quarter death registration-

Name: Thompson, Constantinos---Age: 21

District: Fakenham (Volume & Page: 4b & 702)


115 Squadron's Vickers Wellington Mk IC (#R1470) aircraft, with an aircrew of six, took flight from RAF Marham on an air operation targeting German warships in the harbour at Brest, France. On its return the Wellington was shot down by a German intruder aircraft and crashed on the marshland at Ongar, Terrington St. Clement, 5 miles from King's Lynn, taking the lives of five crew members.

The airmen who perished in this attack and resulting crash were-

RAFVR Pilot Officer Stewart Sidney BARNETT,

RAFVR Sergeant Humphrey Yule CHARD,

RAFVR Sergeant Eric KEETLEY,

RAFVR Sergeant John Stephen Christopher SHERMAN and

RAFVR Sergeant Constantinos Marios THOMPSON.


Military Service:-

Rank: Sergeant

Trade: Pilot

Service No: 967101

Age: 26

Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Division: 115 RAF Squadron (MOTTO: 'Despite The Elements'); RAF Marham in Norfolk


Son of Demosthenes and Helene Tchaoussoglou of Fallowfield, Manchester, England; husband of Eileen May Thompson.


He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

1941 June Quarter death registration-

Name: Thompson, Constantinos---Age: 21

District: Fakenham (Volume & Page: 4b & 702)


115 Squadron's Vickers Wellington Mk IC (#R1470) aircraft, with an aircrew of six, took flight from RAF Marham on an air operation targeting German warships in the harbour at Brest, France. On its return the Wellington was shot down by a German intruder aircraft and crashed on the marshland at Ongar, Terrington St. Clement, 5 miles from King's Lynn, taking the lives of five crew members.

The airmen who perished in this attack and resulting crash were-

RAFVR Pilot Officer Stewart Sidney BARNETT,

RAFVR Sergeant Humphrey Yule CHARD,

RAFVR Sergeant Eric KEETLEY,

RAFVR Sergeant John Stephen Christopher SHERMAN and

RAFVR Sergeant Constantinos Marios THOMPSON.


Military Service:-

Rank: Sergeant

Trade: Pilot

Service No: 967101

Age: 26

Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Division: 115 RAF Squadron (MOTTO: 'Despite The Elements'); RAF Marham in Norfolk


Son of Demosthenes and Helene Tchaoussoglou of Fallowfield, Manchester, England; husband of Eileen May Thompson.


He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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