File:George Thompson VC IWM CH 14685.jpg

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IWM caption : Portrait of George Thompson, a wireless operator with No 9 Squadron, who was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his gallantry on 1 January 1945 during a raid on the Dortmund-Ems Canal near Ladbergen, Germany.

Date

January 1945

Source

This photograph CH 14685 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 4700-16)

Author

No 5 Group, Bomber Command Photographer

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