Lawrence Chase THOMPSON

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Service Number:	402622
Enlisted:	16 September 1940
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 50 Squadron (RAF)
Born:	Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia, 10 September 1912
Home Town:	Lord Howe Island, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Flying Battle, Bremen, Germany, 26 June 1942, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	Becklingen War Cemetery, Germany Becklingen War Cemetery, Luneburg, Germany
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Lord Howe Island War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sergeant, 402622
16 Sep 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force
16 Sep 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 402622, No. 50 Squadron (RAF)
26 Jun 1942:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 402622, No. 50 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45

Manchester IL7299 of 50SQN RAF crashed near the mission target of Bremen in Germany with all on board killed:

HUGALL, Robert Leslie (Sergeant) 406318 RAAF

PETERS, Jasper Stormond (Sergeant) 12419 RAAF

THOMPSON, Lawrence Chase (Sergeant) 402622 RAAF

JOHNSON, Edgar Griffiths (Sergeant) 403813 RAAF

HARDY, Niel Malcolm (Sergeant) 404903 RAAF

LINDSAY, James William (Sergeant) 403194 RAAF

ROY, John Charles (Sergeant) 41361 RNZAF