LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Eric Moore THOMPSON
Service No: 427220
Born: Narrogin WA, 11 August 1923
Enlisted in the RAAF: 25 May 1942
Unit: No. 166 Squadron (RAF), RAF Kirmington, Lincolnshire
Died: Air Operations (No. 166 Squadron Lancaster aircraft ND825), France, 28 April 1944, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Granges-Sur-Vologne Cemetery, Vosges, France
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Claude and Maude Australia Thompson, of Narrogin, Western Australia.
Roll of Honour: Narrogin WA
Remembered: Panel 131, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Cenotaph Undercroft, State War Memorial, Kings Park WA
Brother of Flight Sergeant Eric Claude Thompson (415909)
Lancaster ND825 took off from RAF Kirmington at 2125 hours on the night of 27/28th April 1944, detailed to bomb Friedrichshafen, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take off and it failed to return to base. The aircraft was shot down by a night fighter and crashed at Grangesd-sur-Volognes, (Vosges) at the north west end of the Valles des Granges, 8 kms south east of Bruyeres and all the crew were killed.
The crew members of ND825 were:
Pilot Officer Alfred Ernest Stanley Cooper (172298) (RAFVR) (Pilot)
Sergeant Eric Alfred Cryer (1606768) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
Sergeant Simon McCallum (1397486) (RAFVR) (Navigator)
Sergeant Leonard Percival Oughton (1397336) (RAFVR) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Sergeant Kenneth Rowley (1454675) (RAFVR) (Rear Gunner)
Flying Officer Charles William Eric Tiplady (J/26726) (RCAF) (Air Bomber)
Flight Sergeant Eric Moore Thompson (427220) (Mid Upper Gunner)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/39/270