Thompson, Benjamin -KWF

Benjamin Thompson, F-100 Pilot, “Headed West” on March 23, 1967.

“Capt. Benjamin Thompson was a flight instructor for the 524th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Cannon AFB, N.M., when he and his student were killed in a training accident on the Red Rio Range, N.M. near Holloman, March 23, 1967.”

On the 42nd anniversary of his death, Captain Thompson’s family: wife, Ann Thompson; son, Robert Thompson; son, Benjamin Thompson and daughter, Lisa Thompson-Lester, came to visit Holloman as well as Red Rio Range years after their loss.