MAJ GEORGE WINTON THOMPSON

GEORGE WINTON THOMPSON

John Viar496
farmerbrown01@bellsouth.net
fellow AC-47 navigator South Vietna
340 St Rt 420 HUMBOLDT TN 38343 USA
Thanks George for helping me collect gear from a fallen crew member at the morgue on Tan Son Nhut Airport, Saigon. Rest in peace with Marshall Tapp.
Jul 29, 2015

Norma Thompson Luther
nluther@ec.rr.com
2nd cousin
309 Greenwich Lane Wilmington NC 28409-8158 United States
Dear Cuz, you were just a year ahead of me at WWHS but that kept us miles apart:-) I am so sorry you had to give your life for our country's freedom but I know you were proud to do so. I try to live each day in a way that would honor you name and sacrifice. My precious son, Glen Adams, is also rejoicing up there in heaven with you. You mom is now with you as well. Rest in peace, Norma
Jun 15, 2009

Garnet Jenkins
garijen@bresnan.net
Grand Junction Co
~In Tribute To A Fallen Hero ~

In Remembrance of your years of service and with a Multitude of Thanks for your Courage and Dedication to our Country and for Freedom. Rest in Peace, Maj George Winton Thompson and know that you will NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. I am the sister of Sgt. David Dickinson, who also made the Supreme Sacrifice in Vietnam in 1967..... ~TREASURE THIS HERO LORD, IN YOUR GARDEN OF REST, FOR WHILE HERE ON EARTH, HE WAS ONE OF OUR BEST~
Aug 11, 2008

Malcolm Kirby
mlkdrk@earthlink.net
USAF Veteran
Rest in Peace, my Brother
You will not be forgotten...
Jan 25, 2008

Bill Gallenstein
USAF Veteran
Zephyrhills FL 33541 USA
A very proud cold war USAF veteran remembers you on this day. My God bless you and your family always. I salute you, Thank you
Jul 7, 2007

Manuel Pino Bco 2/8th 1st Cav 68-69
mpjr54@msn.com
Fellow Vietnam Vet
7th Air Force/14th ACW/4th ACS

OH!. I HAVE SLIPPED THE SURLEY BONDS OF EARTH, AND DANCED THE SKIES ON LAUGHTER-SILVERED WINGS. WHERE NEVER LARK OR EAGLE EVER FLEW-AND WHILE WITH SILENT, LIFTING MIND I'VE TROD THE HIGH UNTRESSPASSED SANCTITY OF SPACE, PUT OUT MY HAND AND TOUCHED THE FACE OF GOD.

Jul 1, 2007

Roy Spencer
Blind Bat Pilot-Vietnam
A Crew of Heros
On 15 May 1966, Major George W. Jensen, pilot; Capt. Marshall Tapp, co-pilot; then 1st Lt. George Thompson, navigator; SSgt. James Preston, load master; Sgt. James Williams, flight engineer; A2C Kenneth McKenney, aerial gunner; SSgt. William Madison, aerial gunner; Major Lavern Reilly, observer; and two unidentified South Vietnamese crewman comprised the crew of an AC47D gunship, call sign "Spooky 10." The gunship departed Ubon Air Base, Thailand on a 6-hour single aircraft armed visual reconnaissance mission to search out and destroy any enemy targets of opportunity they found along two known arteries of the infamous Ho Chi Minh Trail in the Steel Tiger sector of Laos. If time and fuel permitted, they were to investigate a new route suspected of being used by the enemy.

Major Jensen established radio contact with the airborne command and control aircraft giving their status and position. The pilot transmitted again several hours later, stating situation normal, but giving no position. The aircraft's last known position was over the rugged jungle covered mountains of the Lao panhandle.

When the gunship failed to return to the base as scheduled, an aerial search was conducted beginning at first light on 16 May. The search operation continued throughout the day, but failed to locate any sign of Spooky 10 or its crew. Further, no parachutes were sighted and no emergency beepers heard. At the time the formal search was terminated, all 8 Americans and the 2 ARVN aboard Spooky 10 were listed Missing in Action.

Jan 25, 2007

You are not forgotten

He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
Aug 25, 2006

Francis Kaufman
Just a few words to HONOR your memory for the day you were declared KILLED-IN-ACTION, REMAINS NOT RECOVERED, January 25th 1978. Hopefully, one day, your REMAINS will be FOUND and RETURNED to A GRATEFUL NATION for a PROPER BURIAL. You, SIR, are not forgotten.
Tuesday, September 16, 2003