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Identity
Person No.
25107
Service No.
102762
Last Name
Thompson 67
First Name
Donald Raymond
Initials
D R
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1919 (±1 yr) 583
Age at Death
23
Death Record
Date of Death
18 June 1942 95
Cause code
AA 1,735
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Killed in aircraft accident 1,514
Died in Aircraft Accident, engine cut on take off spun into ground off turn LG103, in Curtiss Tomahawk Mk IIA #AH915
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Captain
Regiment
40 Squadron 57
Corps
South African Air Force 3,524
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Egypt 2,947
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY 528
Grave Reference
XXXI. F. 17. 1
Coordinates
30.83819, 28.94707 OSM
Memorial
Memorial for South African soldiers who died at El Alamein, 1942. Photo: Farawayman, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:South_African_Memorial_El_Alamein.jpg)
Names on Grave
Memorial
El Alamein War Cemetery and Memorial
Location
El Alamein, Matruh Governorate, Egypt
Address
El Alamein, Matruh Governorate, Egypt
Coordinates
30.83819, 28.94707 · OpenStreetMap
Panel
Grave
On the panel
XXXI. F. 17.
Unit History
Part of
Disbanded air and training squadrons
Notes

Son of Alfred Herbert James and Grace Thompson, of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. B.Sc. Mech. Eng. On Jeppe High School for Boys Roll of Honour

Research notes


5 Sep 2026: Unit "40 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.

Citations

LG Sup 11 June 1942 pg. 2522

LG Sup 11 June 1942 pg. 2522 p.2522
LG Sup 11 June 1942 pg. 2522 p.2522
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