Tompsett, Stanley Charles
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Stanley Charles |
Surname | Tompsett |
Gender | M |
Age | 27 |
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Date of Death | 15-06-1941 |
Next of Kin | Son of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. J. Tompsett, of Brighton. |
Aircraft Information
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Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Brighton (The Downs) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sec. A. Grave 478. |
Epitaph | ATTACHED NO. 75 (NEW ZEALAND) SQUADRON |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 255 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 914760 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 75 (NZ) |
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Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Village Centre, Mepal, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | A stone memorial, donated by former members of 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF stationed at Mepal between 1943 and 1945 |
Location | St. Andrews Church, Sutton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Roll of Honour in Wooden Case with brass plaque |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour. Plaque, Presented by 75(NZ) Sqn Association - UK Branch in memory of Comrades named in the Roll of Honour |
Location | St. Marys Church, Feltwell, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Piller and Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | A memorial to 75 (NZ) Sqn, RAF. Formed at RAF Feltwell in April 1940 and flew from there until June 1942. The Sqn number was presented to New Zealand becoming 75 Sqn RNZAF in October 1946 until its disbanding in December 2001. |
Location | Newmarket Racecourse, Newmarket, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | Remembering No 75 (New Zealand) Sqn, No 3 Gp Bomber Command. RAF Newmarket Heath, November 1942 - June 1943 |
Miscellaneous Information
Following a period of convalescence, Sgt Smith was posted to Moreton in Marsh for a refresher course on Wellingtons. His father, a pilot of the first War, was the flying Control officer at Moreton. Father and son enjoyed each other’s company for a few months before learning of Smith’s posting to the Middle East. The night before he was due to fly out to Malta, he and his crew were killed on take-off. The duty control officer that night was his father. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 30-11--0001 |
End Date | 30-11--0001 |
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Reason for Loss | Sgt Tompsett died in a motorcycle accident on his Triumph Speed twin, between Norwich and Feltwell while returning to Feltwell following a night out followed by a stay in a hotel. His pillion, Sgt Brian Smith (the crew's second pilot) was very seriously injured and spent a year in hospital following the crash. |