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3 unusual facts about Samuel Frederick Henry Thompson


Charles George Gass

On 26 July, he shot down another German while teamed with Lieutenant Samuel Thompson.

Samuel Frederick Henry Thompson

At Erquinghem-le-Sec on 1 June, he downed an Albatros C.III in addition to an Albatros D.V, and the next day (2 June) he got another two victories near Lens, Pas-de-Calais, this time two Pfalz D.IIIs.

An extremely aggressive pilot, in May 1918 he scored 9 victories, including three Pfalz D.III aircraft around 10am on 16 May, near Douai.



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