John W Tomke

Military

Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed at Cologne on 10/15/44 in B-17 #4338296. Prisoner of War (POW) at Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16. He flew on Robert Ritter crew. He flew 7 missions before being shot down on his 8th.

He was later Vice President of Ida County State Bank retiring in October 1986.

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.

306th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

43-38296

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

3 June 1999

Born

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Buried

Creek, Iowa

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 15 October 1944

Revisions

Date
ContributorHelen
Changes
Sources

306th Echoes Oct'99

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition  MACR 9476, First Over Germany pg. 285, NARA / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9476 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database