AIR COMMANDO Thompson, Wirt Elizabeth,Jr

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Thompson ​

• FORENAME

Wirt Elizabeth,Jr ​

• UNIT

2 AC Group (317 Troop Carrier Squadron) ​

• RANK

Major ​

• NUMBER

0-425939 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

5th December 1944​

• AGE

• GRAVESITE

Manila American Cemetery,Philippines Tablets of the Missing ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Arkansas ​

born 1920 Italy,Texas​

son of Wirt Elizabeth and Sally Severa (nee Ward) Thompson​

graduated high school San Antonio,Texas​

3 years college​

actor in civilian life​

enlisted 2.6.1941 (Aviation Cadet 17014940 Air Corps)​

married 29.4.1942​

pilot​

C-47​

took off from Myitkyina,Burma for Kunming,China 4.12.1944​

reported shot down ​

declared dead 6.12.1945​

see also William Weil and William S. Weaver,Jr​

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A German civilian returning from Russian Gulags reported meeting USAF Major William Thompson who had made a forced landing and was arrested by the Russians who sentenced him to 25 years for espionage. He spent 1944-48 in Budenskaya Prison,Moscow and was transferred to Tayshet Camp 26. He described the Major as approximately 38 years old, 6 feet 1 inch tall, slim, fair hair and blue eyes. His home was San Antonio,Texas.​

Wirt Thompson was also known as Worth and William.​