Name:
Hilton Oren Thompson
Rank:
First Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-860227
Unit:
434th Fighter Squadron, 479th Fighter Group
Date of Death:
1945-07-19
State:
Louisiana
Cemetery:
Cambridge American Cemetery, United Kingdom
Plot:
Tablets of the Missing
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters
Comments:
Hilton Oren Thompson entered military service in Louisiana. He was the son of Jesse and Stella Thompson.
Hilton served in the 434th Fighter Squadron, 479th Fighter Group, as a First Lieutenant during World War II. On 19 July 1945, he was the Pilot of P-51 tail 44-15380 when it went down over the English Channel on a practice dive-bombing mission. He was credited as being the last pilot from the 8th Air Force to down a German plane in World War II. His remains were never recovered.
1Lt Thompson is memorialized at the Tablets of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Source of information: www.findagrave.com, www.abmc.gov, www.americanairmuseum.com