Notes
He died after a raid on the Dortmund-Ems Canal on New Year's Day, 1945 on which 2 Lancasters were lost, one in which Thompson was flying after it was hit by flak and set on fire over the target. In their Bomber Command War Dairies, Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt write'...Flight Sergeant George Thompson, the wireless operator, rescued both gunners from their burning turrets but suffered severe burns in doing so. The Lancaster [a 9 Squadron aircraft] crash-landed at Brussels and Thompson was rushed to hospital but he died 3 weeks later. The mid upper gunner, Sergeant E J Potts, also died of his burns. Flight Sergeant Thompson was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross for his courage'.