THOMSON, Bruce Lachlan
| Service Number: | O32427 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 77 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Moe, Victoria, Australia, 5 July 1927 |
| Home Town: | Moe, Latrobe, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Moe State School & Yallourn Technical School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | RAAF Pilot |
| Died: | Injuries received when plane in which he was flying fell and crashed into the sea , In sea at Corio Bay Victoria, Australia, 9 June 1955, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Tristiania Garden G3, Bed 4, Rose 22 |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Korean War Service
| 30 Sep 1951: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, O32427 | |
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| Date unknown: | Involvement Flying Officer, O32427, No. 77 Squadron (RAAF) |
World War 2 Service
| Date unknown: | Discharged O32427 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Flying Officer Vance Drummond O33624 and Flying Officer Bruce Lachlan Thomson O32427 were shot down near Sunchon, North Korea on the 1st of December 1951 while flying Meteor A77-251 (Drummond) and Meteor A77-29 (Thomson) - they were two of the six pilots from 77 Squadron RAAF that were captured during the Korean War
They were held as Prisoners of War in North Korea until released in September 1953 after the armistice. The other four were:
Flight Lieutenant Gordon Ronald Harvey O22048 - 19 January 1951
Flying Officer Ronald David Guthrie O22139 - 1 August 1951
Sergeant Donald William Pinkstone A2925 - 15 June 1953
Flight Lieutenant John Thomas Hannan O22100 - 1 February 1952
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