John Cecil Thead

Military

Shotdown by flak on 7/8/44 on mission to Vienna in B-17 #42-31813. A/C crashed near Varazdin, Yugo. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 6866.

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Units served with

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-5287) of the 463rd Bomb Group, 15th Air Force in flight with open bomb bay doors. Handwritten caption on reverse: '463 BG Gills.'

463rd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-31813

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 774th Bomb Squadron

Places

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-5287) of the 463rd Bomb Group, 15th Air Force in flight with open bomb bay doors. Handwritten caption on reverse: '463 BG Gills.'

Celone

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Foggia Satellite #1, San Nicola-d'Arpi

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Clarke County, Mississippi, USA 30 October 1914

Enlisted

Selma, AL 31 October 1942 Enlisted at Craig Field.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

8 July 1944 Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16

Died

Clarke County, Mississippi, USA 4 November 1986

Buried

Clarke County, Mississippi, USA 7 November 1986 Stroud Cemetery

Revisions

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Added POW camp information from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Added person per information in MACR 6866 at Fold3.
https://www.fold3.com/image/29102361
Added Born, Died and Buried events per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 52241009.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52241009/john-cecil-thead