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Tommy Thompson
| Captain Tommy Thompson DFC JP BOAC BA (deceased) Anthony Robert Fletcher Thompson - Tommy Thompson was born on October 14th 1920. He joined the RAF VF about July 1939 as an airman under training pilot. Called up on September 1st, he completed his training at 15 EFTS and 5 FTS Sealand and arrived at 6 OTU on September 10th 1940. After converting to Hurricanes, he joined 85 (F) Squadron at Church Fenton on the 29th and moved to 249 (F) Squadron at North Weald in Essex on October 17th 1940. Thompson shared in the destruction of a Junkers Ju88 on October 28th and destroyed a Bf109 on the 30th. In May 1941 249 Squadron went to Malta and flew off of HMS Ark Royal in two groups on the 21st. On August 5th Tommy Thompson joined the Malta Night Fighting Defence Unit then formed at Ta Kali. He damaged an Italian Br20 at night on November 11th. The unit became 1435 (Night Fighter) Flight on December 23rd 1941. Thompson was posted to 71 OTU Gordons Tree, Sudan on March 3rd 1942. He returned to operations on October 1st joining 73 (F) Squadron in the Western Desert. In mid-November he was appointed A Flight Commander. At the end of December Thompson was posted to Cairo and in February he went to 206 Group as a test Pilot. He was awarded the DFC (23.03.43). On March 10th 1944 Thompson was seconded to BOAC and he took his release in Cairo on January 26th 1946 holding the rank of Flight Lieutenant. The following day he signed a contract with BOAC as a Captain. He retired from British Airways on October 14th 1975. Tommy Thompson passed away on 9th March 2008. |
Items Signed by Captain Tommy Thompson DFC JP BOAC BA (deceased) |
  | Beurling's Day by Ivan Berryman. (B) Price : £280.00 | George Beurling's Spitfire Vc shooting down the Macchi 202 of Italian Faliero Gellis over Malta. The crippled aircraft had been hit in the engine and radiator, but he managed to crash-land it and survived as a prisoner of war. This was the same ...... | |
  | Clipped Signature - 'Tommy' Thompson. Price : £55.00 | Joined No.85 Sqn flying Hurricanes in September 1940, then moved to No.249 Sqn claiming an Me109. Flew from HMS Ark Royal when the squadron moved to Malta in 1941 and flew night missions, later joining No.73 Sqn in the Western Desert. After the wa...... | |
  | Merlins over Malta by Gerald Coulson. Price : £180.00 | If the German and Italian forces were to succeed in their campaign in North Africa something had to be done about Malta. British submarines and torpedo carrying aircraft based on the tiny Mediterranean island were wreaking havoc with Axis shipping, ...... | |
| | Merlins over Malta by Gerald Coulson. (AP) Price : £270.00 | If the German and Italian forces were to succeed in their campaign in North Africa something had to be done about Malta. British submarines and torpedo carrying aircraft based on the tiny Mediterranean island were wreaking havoc with Axis shipping, ...... | |
| | Merlins over Malta by Gerald Coulson. (B) Price : £230.00 | If the German and Italian forces were to succeed in their campaign in North Africa something had to be done about Malta. British submarines and torpedo carrying aircraft based on the tiny Mediterranean island were wreaking havoc with Axis shipping, s...... |
| | Merlins over Malta by Gerald Coulson. (XX) SOLD OUT | If the German and Italian forces were to succeed in their campaign in North Africa something had to be done about Malta. British submarines and torpedo carrying aircraft based on the tiny Mediterranean island were wreaking havoc with Axis shipping, ...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| | Merlins over Malta by Gerald Coulson. (Y) Price : £170.00 | If the German and Italian forces were to succeed in their campaign in North Africa something had to be done about Malta. British submarines and torpedo carrying aircraft based on the tiny Mediterranean island were wreaking havoc with Axis shipping, ...... | |
  | Glorious Summer by Robert Taylor. (B) Price : £635.00 | Throughout the long hot summer of 1940 the destiny of the British Isles, indeed the future of Europe, lay in the hands of a small band of young RAF fighter pilots. Against them stood the vast aerial fleets of an all-powerful Luftwaffe, gloating and c...... |
Packs with at least one item featuring the signature of Captain Tommy Thompson DFC JP BOAC BA (deceased) |
   | Pack of 4 Hurricane and Typhoon prints by Gerald Coulson. Pack Price : £500.00 Saving : £350 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Defence of the Capital by Gerald Coulson. Merlins over Malta by Gerald Coulson. Striking Back by Gerald Coulson. Normandy Sunrise by Gerald Coulson. | |
   | Hawker Hurricane Fighter Print Pack. Pack Price : £390.00 Saving : £405 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Merlin Roar by Anthony Saunders. (I) Hurricane Patrol by Graeme Lothian. (C) Defence of the Capital by Gerald Coulson. Merlins over Malta by Gerald Coulson. Hurricane Mk.IIC by Ivan Berryman. (F) | |
 | Wing Commander Bob Foster Signed Aviation Prints. Pack Price : £695.00 Saving : £310 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Glorious Summer by Robert Taylor. (B) Spitfire F Mk21 by Ivan Berryman. (C) Hurricane Mk.IIC by Ivan Berryman. (F) | |
| | Pack 861. Two Hurricane Aircraft prints by Gerald Coulson. Pack Price : £290.00 Saving : £140 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Defence of the Capital by Gerald Coulson. Merlins over Malta by Gerald Coulson. | |
 | Hawker Hurricane Prints by David Pentland and Gerald Coulson. Pack Price : £220.00 Saving : £140 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Merlins over Malta by Gerald Coulson. Can Openers by David Pentland. (D) |
 | Hawker Hurricane Aviation Prints by Robert Taylor and Gerald Coulson. Pack Price : £340.00 Saving : £150 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Undaunted by Odds by Robert Taylor. Merlins over Malta by Gerald Coulson. | |
| | Pilot Signed Hurricane Prints by Robert Taylor and Gerald Coulson. Pack Price : £330.00 Saving : £160 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Undaunted by Odds by Robert Taylor. Merlins over Malta by Gerald Coulson. |
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