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Robert D. Thompson is center in back row.
Hit by Flak, put on fire, 2 engines out, forced to make an emergency landing 5km East of Ensisheim, Alsace, France. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 6936.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-760532
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-768498
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12153055
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38564158
- Highest Rank: Corporal
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37484991
- Highest Rank: Corporal
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 357, Stalag XI-D
Missions
- Date: 12 July 1944
- Date: 5 July 1944
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Ensisheim, France | 12 July 1944 | forced landing 5km East of Ensisheim, Alsace, France |
Revisions
I am Susan Thompson, daughter of Robert D. Thompson, crew (gunner) on this plane when it was shot down. The images were provided to me by my cousin and WWI researcher, Tim Rathbone ([email protected]), and one image as well as the story, 'Kriegie', were given to me directly by Leonard Lincoln, another crew member on the day the plane was shot down. He and my father went through POW camp together as detailed in autobiography.
MACR 6936 / MACR 6939 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database