David Thomas Collie

Military

Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. TDY to 9th AF. Shot down 1-Aug-43 on Ploesti raid in B-24 42-40267 'Horse Fly'. Interned in Turkey.



Awards: AM, PH, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.

44th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The 'semiofficial' insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.

67th Bomb Squadron

  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-40267

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Horse Fly
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Clifton, Tennessee 22 April 1920

Enlisted

Fort Oglethorpe GA 13 November 1941 Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia

Other

Interned in Turkey

1 August 1943

Other

Discharged USAAF

25 March 1944 Honourable discharge.

Died

26 December 1982

Buried

Mount Carmel Cemetery Hardin County, TN 29 December 1982 Mount Carmel Cemetery Hardin County, Tennessee

Other

Hospitalised

Shrapnel wound in right leg, disability discharge.

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/684363046
https://www.fold3.com/record/50489549/social-security-death-index-david…
https://www.fold3.com/record/87809654/world-war-ii-army-enlistment-reco…
https://www.fold3.com/record/702317202/u-s-wwii-hospital-admission-card…
https://www.fold3.com/record/702417620/u-s-wwii-hospital-admission-card…
https://www.fold3.com/record/705311324/u-s-wwii-hospital-admission-card…
https://www.fold3.com/record/629379466/u-s-department-of-veterans-affai…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/171524387/david-thomas-collie

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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Ploesti Sortie Reports, 44th Bomb Group

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
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Removed information relating to 42-40267 'Horse Fly'. No crew list linking airman to aircraft.

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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AAM Database.

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8250, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey p. 219