Thomas E O'Malley
Civilian
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UPL 33060
"EUROPE-Cpl. Thomas E. O'Malley, Chicago, Ill., armorer, and T/Sgt Stanley M. Taydus, Blue Island, Ill., crew chief, attaching one of the dropable long-range gas tanks to the Lockheed P-38 Lightning "Uninvited." These tanks give the plane hundreds of extra miles of range, allowing them to fly deep into the heart of Germany."
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book THE 479th FIGHTER GROUP, D790.G479, p 212