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J. A. Thomson |
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Name : J. A. Thomson Service Number : 37599 |
Flight Lieutenant James Anderson Thomson of No 302 Polish Squadron was injured on October 29th 1940 when he baled out of his Hurricane (P3085) after colliding with another Hurricane over Brooklands. He was slightly injured another time, this time right at the end of the Battle of Britain. |
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Squadron | Rank | Start of Service | End of Service | Known Dates | Aircraft | Airframes | Notes |
Flight Lieutenant | unknown | unknown | |||||
unknown | unknown | ||||||
29-10-1940 - Hurricane flown by Flight Lieutenant James Anderson Thomson collided with another Hurricane over Brooklands and pilot Thomson baled out, injured.
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| Aircraft for : J. A. Thomson | ||
| A list of all aircraft associated with J. A. Thomson. A profile page including a list of all art prints for the aircraft is available by clicking the aircraft name. | ||
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Hurricane 
Manufacturer : Hawker Production Began : 1936 Number Built : 14533 | Hurricane Royal Air Force Fighter, the Hawker Hurricane had a top speed of 320mph, at 18,200 feet and 340mph at 17,500, ceiling of 34,200 and a range of 935 miles. The Hurricane was armed with eight fixed wing mounted .303 browning machine guns in the Mark I and twelve .303 browning's in the MKIIB in the Hurricane MKIIC it had four 20mm cannon. All time classic fighter the Hurricane was designed in 1933-1934, the first prototype flew in June 1936 and a contract for 600 for the Royal Air Force was placed. The first production model flew ion the 12th October 1937 and 111 squadron of the Royal Air Force received the first Hurricanes in January 1938. By the outbreak of World war two the Royal Air Force had 18 operational squadrons of Hurricanes. During the Battle of Britain a total of 1715 Hurricanes took part, (which was more than the rest of the aircraft of the Royal air force put together) and almost 75% of the Victories during the Battle of Britain went to hurricane pilots. The Hawker Hurricane was used in all theatres during World war two, and in many roles. in total 14,533 Hurricanes were built. | |
| Squadrons for : J. A. Thomson | ||
| A list of all squadrons known to have been served with by J. A. Thomson. A profile page is available by clicking the squadron name. | ||
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No.245 Sqn RAF Country : UK Founded : August 1918 Fate : Disbanded 18th April 1963 Northern Rhodesia Fugo non fugio - I put to fight, I do not flee | No.245 Sqn RAF Full profile not yet available. | |
No.302 Sqn RAF Country : UK Founded : 13th July 1940 Fate : Disbanded 18th December 1946 Polish - City of Poznan Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of No.302 Sqn RAF | No.302 Sqn RAF Full profile not yet available. | |
Last edited : 13:27, May 1, 2013
Last editor : DataStream
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