Samuel Frederick Henry Thompson

Captain Samuel Frederick Henry "Siffy" Thompson was a British World War I two-seater fighter ace who, in conjunction with his observer-gunners, was credited with thirty aerial victories before being shot down and killed. Despite having an active fighter career of only five months, he reached the rank of captain and won two British military decorations. ^{Samuel Frederick Henry Thompson, English captain and pilot (d. 1918)}

30 August 1890

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