Thompson Hilton Oren

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Hilton Oren Thompson is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

Anglo-American Memorial 1939-1945 (4th & 474th Fighter Groups)

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