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| Name: |
Claude Robert James Thompson |
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| Country: |
Australia |
| Rank: |
Captain |
| Service: |
Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force |
| Unit: |
19 |
| Victories: |
6 |
| Born: |
15 January 1892 |
| Place of Birth: |
Melbourne, Victoria |
| Died: |
17 July 1918 |
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| Place of Death: |
England |
| Cemetery: |
Dartford Cemetery, Watling Street, Kent |
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From Richmond, Victoria, Lieutenant Claude Robert James Thompson received Royal Aero Club Aviator's Certificate 4343 at Shoreham on 1 March 1917. Flying the SPAD VII and SPAD XIII, he was credited with six victories while serving with 19 Squadron in 1917. Reassigned to the Home Establishment, he was killed in a crash during the summer of 1918. |
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
19 Jun 1917 |
2000 |
19 |
SPAD (B3498) |
Albatros D.III (OOC) |
Kruiesik |
| 2 |
14 Oct 1917 |
1030 |
19 |
SPAD (B6776) |
Albatros D.V (DES) |
Coucou |
| 3 |
27 Oct 1917 |
0620 |
19 |
SPAD (B6817) |
Rumpler C (OOC) |
SE of Passchendaele |
| 4 |
30 Oct 1917 |
0620 |
19 |
SPAD (B6817) |
DFW C (OOC) 1 |
W of Dadizeele |
| 5 |
09 Nov 1917 |
1000 |
19 |
SPAD (A6784) |
Albatros D.V (DES) |
Zuidhoek |
| 6 |
09 Nov 1917 |
1030 |
19 |
SPAD (A6784) |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
Zandvoorde |
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| 1 |
Shared with Lt John De Pencier |
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