The story
On 1945-01-04, Pilot K J Thomson (Flying Officer, RAF) with servicenumber unknown flew a Spitfire IX with serial RK810 for this duty: Recce. His mission was not completed. Circumstances of the aircraft loss: Crashed near Hengeh. This aircraft was a part of squadron no. 411. TThe location of the plane was found at: Buurse (Porikweg). Circumstances at the end of this mission for Thomson: prisoner of war (PoW). He is commemorated at: no commemoration location known
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