First Lieutenant B. W. Thompson, Junior, B-24 navigator

Creator

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Identifier

20037630

Description

First Lieutenant B. W. Thompson, Junior, home after 11 and a half months in the Southwest Pacific as a B-24 navigator. He is on a 21- day leave visiting parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Thompson and sister, Mrs. W. O. Thurman. Thompson flew 372 combat hours with the 5th Army Air Forces without a single bullet hole in his ship. He has been awarded the Air Medal with one cluster. A graduate of North Side High School, he worked at the Trinity Portland Cement plant before entering the service three and a half years ago. Thompson wears his uniform in the half length portrait. Published in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram morning edition, August 29, 1944.

Archival Date

1944-08-28

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-629

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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Subjects

United States Army. Air Forces, 5th; Navigator; Medals; North Side High schools; Trinity Portland Cement