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- Joseph Thompson Jr. (1919–2012) was a decorated World War II pilot from Tennessee, who later in life became active in Nashville civic affairs. Nicknamed "Tiger Joe", Major Thompson flew 90 combat missions in 1944 for the Allied forces in Europe, most behind German lines, performing aerial reconnaissance. He received the Croix de Guerre from France and the Distinguished Flying Cross from the US for his role in liberating France from Nazi Germany. Thompson was awarded France's highest honor, the Legion of Honor on March 15, 2012, shortly before his death on March 24, 2012. Thompson published a book in 2006 entitled, Tiger Joe: A photographic Diary of a World War II Aerial Reconnaissance Pilot. On one of his missions over France, anti-aircraft fire penetrated his P-51 Mustang aircraft just behind his cockpit; it destroyed his camera equipment, severed the hydraulic lines and stopped the engine. As he was about to parachute out, the engine inexplicably started again and enabled him to fly to an airstrip 20 miles away but quit again before he could land. He landed the plane with a "dead stick" hitting the runway at an angle and with no brakes. (en)
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- * World War II
** Battle of Normandy
** Battle of the Bulge
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- First Lieutenant Thompson in 1943 (en)
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- Joseph Thompson Jr. (1919–2012) was a decorated World War II pilot from Tennessee, who later in life became active in Nashville civic affairs. Nicknamed "Tiger Joe", Major Thompson flew 90 combat missions in 1944 for the Allied forces in Europe, most behind German lines, performing aerial reconnaissance. He received the Croix de Guerre from France and the Distinguished Flying Cross from the US for his role in liberating France from Nazi Germany. Thompson was awarded France's highest honor, the Legion of Honor on March 15, 2012, shortly before his death on March 24, 2012. (en)
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- Joe Thompson (WW II pilot) (en)
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