★★★ Memorial Monday ★★★
LT Michael Thompson, USN '83 was lost on October 22, 1986 when the T-2B training aircraft he was aboard collided with another over Florida. The other pilot and the two students survived without injury. He was an instructor pilot assigned to the VT-10 Cosmic Cats.
Michael was a native of Quincy, Illinois. A friend and instructor from VT-10 remembered: "He was kind, and a great instructor. He really enjoyed flying & was looking forward to his orders to the fleet. The sky was colder & grayer after he was gone."
He was survived by his parents, two brothers, two sisters, a grandmother, and several nieces and nephews.
To Honor! ⚓
https://usnamemorialhall.org/index.php/MICHAEL_P._THOMPSON,_LT,_USN