Lt. Charles[Carl] Thompson was recently returned to the United States after he was released from an internment camp in a neutral country. He was navigator of a B17 which was shot down after a raid.
My Uncle was Capt. Carl J. Thompson who was killed while flying his last mission, along with Capt. Wesley Y. Clement, Lt. Col. John W. Osborn, Major Joseph H. Ray, and Sgt. Dean O. Sohns. Air Force Troop Carrier in Weinheim, Germany on May 15, 1953. All five bodies were sent home in one casket (Group Burial) Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery. (message from Sandy - Nov 2016)
Lt. Charles[Carl] Thompson was recently returned to the United States after he was released from an internment camp in a neutral country. He was navigator of a B17 which was shot down after a raid.
My Uncle was Capt. Carl J. Thompson who was killed while flying his last mission, along with Capt. Wesley Y. Clement, Lt. Col. John W. Osborn, Major Joseph H. Ray, and Sgt. Dean O. Sohns. Air Force Troop Carrier in Weinheim, Germany on May 15, 1953. All five bodies were sent home in one casket (Group Burial) Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery. (message from Sandy - Nov 2016)
Family Members
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Leonard James Thompson
1904–1930
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Wanda Louise Thompson Kennedy
1905–1971
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Romayne Anora "Nane" Thompson Gardner
1909–1991
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Lloyd Earl Thompson
1911–1947
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Margaret Leah Thompson Grimes
1912–1975
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Tec5 William Lawrence Thompson
1914–1945
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Jessie Tracy "Tracie" Thompson Lovell
1917–2000
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Jack Pershing Thompson
1918–2003
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George Ernest "GE" Thompson
1922–2000
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