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- Q16011386 description "Royal Canadian Air Force personnel".
- Q16011386 description "Royal Canadian Air Force personnel".
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- Q16011386 abstract "Alfred Burke Thompson (1915 in Penetanguishene, Ontario – 1985 in Penetanguishene), was a member of the Royal Canadian Air Force, the first Canadian taken prisoner in World War II, and a survivor of Stalag Luft III escape. Thompson joined the RCAF in 1936. He was a member of an RAF crew taken prisoner on Sept. 8, 1939, when their plane was shot down over eastern Germany. Canada was not officially at war with Germany until the following day.Thompson was taken to Berlin and made to pose in propaganda photos with Luftwaffe chief Hermann Goerring. Those pictures may later have saved his life.Thompson was sent to several POW camps before ending up at Stalag Luft III near Sagan. There, he was recruited for the Great Escape. Thompson made it through tunnel "Harry" but was recaptured soon after. As a single man with no children, Thompson was vulnerable to execution, but he carried with him the propaganda photo.Thompson spent every day of the war as a POW.He returned to university after the war. He became a lawyer, and later a Crown prosecutor, in Simcoe County, Ontario. He died at his home town of Penetanguishene.".
- Q16011386 birthDate "1916".
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- Q16011386 birthYear "1916".
- Q16011386 deathDate "1985".
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- Q16011386 deathYear "1985".
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- Q16011386 dateOfBirth "1916".
- Q16011386 dateOfDeath "1985".
- Q16011386 name "Thompson, Alfred B.".
- Q16011386 placeOfBirth "Penetanguishene, Ontario, Canada".
- Q16011386 placeOfDeath "Penetanguishene, Ontario, Canada".
- Q16011386 shortDescription "Royal Canadian Air Force personnel".
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- Q16011386 comment "Alfred Burke Thompson (1915 in Penetanguishene, Ontario – 1985 in Penetanguishene), was a member of the Royal Canadian Air Force, the first Canadian taken prisoner in World War II, and a survivor of Stalag Luft III escape. Thompson joined the RCAF in 1936. He was a member of an RAF crew taken prisoner on Sept. 8, 1939, when their plane was shot down over eastern Germany.".
- Q16011386 label "Alfred B. Thompson".
- Q16011386 givenName "Alfred B.".
- Q16011386 name "Alfred B. Thompson".
- Q16011386 name "Thompson, Alfred B.".
- Q16011386 surname "Thompson".