William Harvie (‘Tommy’) Thomson, DSC (1922–2012)

William Harvie (‘Tommy’) Thomson, DSC (1922–2012) was born in Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland on 13 September 1922. Following distinguished service as a Fleet Air Arm pilot in World War II, he joined the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1946, serving in 1947–1948 at Base E (Stonington I...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Polar Record
Main Author: Stonehouse, Bernard
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2012
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Stonington
Stonington Island
Auster
Polar Record
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247412000204
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247412000204
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Summary:William Harvie (‘Tommy’) Thomson, DSC (1922–2012) was born in Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland on 13 September 1922. Following distinguished service as a Fleet Air Arm pilot in World War II, he joined the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1946, serving in 1947–1948 at Base E (Stonington Island) as pilot of the Survey's newly-acquired Auster aircraft.

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