Stephen W. Thompson [SEP] conflict
Stephen W. Thompson
Stephen W. Thompson (March 20, 1894 – October 9, 1977) was an American aviator of World War I. Flying as a gunner on a French aircraft in February 1918, he became the first member of the United States military to shoot down an enemy aircraft. Kiffin Rockwell achieved an earlier aerial victory as an American volunteer member of the French Lafayette Escadrille in 1916.
Early life.
Thompson was born in West Plains, Missouri. When the United States entered World War I in April 1917
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