Thayer Hopkins

Military

Hit by flak and later by fighters on a mission to Genshagen near Berlin on 6 Mar 1944, B-24H #41-29299 'Roll Call' made a forced landing near Nijkerk, Holland after eight of the crew baled out. Prisoner of War (POW).

POW

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Units served with

458th Bomb Group

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

754th Bomb Squadron

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

Aircraft

41-29299

Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
Nicknames: Belle of Boston | Roll Call
Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron

Missions

B-17 Flying Fortresses, (LL-F, serial number 42-97467) of the 91st Bomb Group, (OJ-G, serial number 42-97212) of the 96th Bomb Group and (LD-D, serial number 42-39994) of the 100th Bomb Group in Sweden, 1944. Written on slide casing: 'Sweden, 297467 LL:F, 18/7/44, 297212 OJ:G, 11/4/44, 239994, LD:D 3/3/44.'

8th Air Force 250

Date: 6 March 1944

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Reno, Nevada, USA
Other Prisoner of War (POW)	Germany	6 March 1944

Event

Location

Date

Description

Born

Reno, Nevada, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany

6 March 1944

Revisions

Date27 Sep 2014 18:25:37

ContributorAAM

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3348 / MACR 3348, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces & Page 277of the book LIBERATORS OVER EUROPE by Mackay, Bailey & Scorza, D790G458 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database