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239315 WO. Harry Campbell Tompson Royal Australian Air Force 460 Squadron from:Manly, NSW Australia My father Harry Tompson joined the RAAF in Sydney, Australia and then undertook pilot raining in Urunquinty and Deniliquin, Australia before deploying to the UK for conversion training to Lancasters and was subsequently trained as a bomb aimer. He undertook several raids on Germany in 1943 and was shot down on the 3rd October 1943, his birthday. He remained at large for a week or more travelling at night and staying out of villages and towns heading towards Switzerland before he was captured in sight of the border. He was then ultimately transferred to Stalag IVB at Muhlberg in Germany. He remained at Stalag IVb until released by the Russian advance in 1945 and the together with Asheton Taylor, Sam Weller and Johnny Farmer, the other Australians in his crew who were all at Stalag IVB walked to the Allied lines and was then repatriated to the UK and ultimately Australia. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.** Please type in the code shown here:    If you are unable to read the code please click here. If you have received an error message for incorrect code, please click to refresh the code before resending. This should overcome the error message.