Thomas E Scrivner
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
2nd Lt. Everett P. Anderson - copilot, 2nd Lt. Maurice E. Hause - bombardier
T/Sgt. W.F. Coll - engineer/top turret gunner, S/Sgt. W.L. Hazelton - gunner
Sgt. R.M. Shay - gunner, Sgt. T.F. Schappart - gunner
S/Sgt. W.M. Patrick - tail gunner, Sgt. M.R. Mickey - gunner
Part of this crew flew the low-level mission to Ploesti, Romania and was lost over the target when the time-delay fused bombs from planes over the target earlier exploded and took the plane down, killing the crew. The pilots, Lts. Scrivner and Anderson flew the mission with some of the crew who volunteered to go after already completing a 25 mission tour. T/Sgt. William Coll (engineer/TTG), Sgt. Thomas Schappart (LWG) and Sgt. Marvin Mickey (RWG) from the regular crew and four other men scrapped together for the mission tried to take-off in one plane, but a bad fuel leak forced them to take another B-24 ("Scrappy II" a B-24D-53-CO s/n 42-40375). The other four men were; 2nd Lt. Robert E. Young, a bombardier from the 506th BS; 1st Lt. Philip P. Phillips - navigator; T/Sgt. Channing N. Satterfield - radio operator; S/Sgt. Hugh J. Malone - tail gunner.
Corrected associations so they reflect who is in the photograph
Object Number - UPL 13700 - 1st Lt. Thomas E. Scrivner - pilot, 2nd Lt. Benjamin R. Toczyl - navigator 2nd Lt. Everett P. Anderson - copilot, 2nd Lt. Maurice E. Hause -...
Assigned to 66BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Reurn (FTR) Ploesti raid, on 1-Aug-43, while TDY with 9th AF in B-24 'Scrappy II' 42-40375. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 1646
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-885575
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13051982
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight engineer / Top turret
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15062923
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner / Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18037105
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-662366
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Scrappy II
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Enlisted |
Los Angeles, CA | 2 January 1942 | Los Angeles, California |
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Died Killed in action |
Ploiești, Romania | 1 August 1943 | Failed to Reurn (FTR) Ploesti raid, on 1-Aug-43, while TDY with 9th AF in B-24 'Scrappy II' 42-40375. KIA MACR 1646 |
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Born |
Carlsbad, New Mexico | Son of George E Scrivner. | |
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Based |
1 August 1943 | Assigned to 66BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
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Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery Neupre, Belgium Plot D Row 10 Grave 38 |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1646; 44th Bomb Group, The Flying Eightballs, pg 20