Edward Stanley Tompkins
Service number
1232284
Military unit
207 Sqdn Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Date of birth
Date of death
13 May 1943 (21 years old)
Place of birth
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Family history
Son of Edward and Emma Kate Tompkins, of Manor Park, Essex.
Military history
AMERSFOORT (OUD LEUSDEN) GENERAL CEMETERY Plot 13. Row 6. Grave 108.
Duisburg
Lancaster I ED418 took off 0019 13 May 1943 from Langar. Shot down by a night-fighter crashing 02.02 between Hilversum 's-Graveland (Noord Holland). No survivors. Fatalities: WD Hawkes (P), ES Tomkins (FE), HR Dick (N), WA McNair (W/Op), GR Nipper (AB), AD Coldicott (AG), J Smith (AG)
Nine 207 Sqdn Lancasters from Langar were part of a 562 aircraft attack on Duisburg 13/5/1943 departing between 23.541 and 00.34.
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