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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 3222" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Thompson </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Wirt Elizabeth,Jr </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>2 AC Group (317 Troop Carrier Squadron) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Major </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>0-425939 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>5th December 1944</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Manila American Cemetery,Philippines Tablets of the Missing </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>from Arkansas </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 1920 Italy,Texas</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>son of Wirt Elizabeth and Sally Severa (nee Ward) Thompson</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>graduated high school San Antonio,Texas</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>3 years college</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>actor in civilian life</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>enlisted 2.6.1941 (Aviation Cadet 17014940 Air Corps)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>married 29.4.1942</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>pilot</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>C-47</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>took off from Myitkyina,Burma for Kunming,China 4.12.1944</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>reported shot down </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>declared dead 6.12.1945</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>see also William Weil and William S. Weaver,Jr</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>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.</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Wirt Thompson was also known as Worth and William.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Robertson, post: 3222, member: 1"] [LIST] [*][B]SURNAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Thompson [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]FORENAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Wirt Elizabeth,Jr [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]UNIT[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]2 AC Group (317 Troop Carrier Squadron) [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]RANK[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Major [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]NUMBER[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]0-425939 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]DATE OF DEATH[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]5th December 1944[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]AGE[/B] [/LIST] [LIST] [*][B]GRAVESITE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Manila American Cemetery,Philippines Tablets of the Missing [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]ADDITIONAL INFORMATION[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]from Arkansas [/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]born 1920 Italy,Texas[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]son of Wirt Elizabeth and Sally Severa (nee Ward) Thompson[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]graduated high school San Antonio,Texas[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]3 years college[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]actor in civilian life[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]enlisted 2.6.1941 (Aviation Cadet 17014940 Air Corps)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]married 29.4.1942[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]pilot[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]C-47[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]took off from Myitkyina,Burma for Kunming,China 4.12.1944[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]reported shot down [/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]declared dead 6.12.1945[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]see also William Weil and William S. Weaver,Jr[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]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.[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Wirt Thompson was also known as Worth and William.[/I][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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