Thomas E Therrien
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
in the public domain, excerpt from crew photo
Object Number - UPL 48347 - Sgt Thomas E Therrien, he was a Right Waist Gunner KIA on B17F 42-3195 on the second Schweinfurt Raid 13 Oct 1943
Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #423195. Killed in Action (KIA). As a member of Flight Officer Verl D Fisher's crew he died on the second Schweinfurt raid. It was the 25th and final mission of his combat tour. After helping the wounded radio operator (TSgt Harvey Bennett) and the left waist gunner (SSgt Loren M Fink) to bailout, he was temporarily thrown back into the aircraft as it lurched under yet another attack. He was killed by a 20mm shell as he again attempted to exit his B17. Details of his last mission obtained from George Kuhl's book, "Wrong Place, Wrong Time."
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
14 October 1943 | As a member of Flight Officer Verl D Fisher's crew he died on the second Schweinfurt raid. It was the 25th and final mission of his combat tour. After helping the wounded radio operator (TSgt Harvey Bennett) and the left waist gunner (SSgt Loren M Fink) to bailout, he was temporarily thrown back into the aircraft as it lurched under yet another attack. He was killed by a 20mm shell as he again attempted to exit his B17. | |
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Born |
Brockton, Massachusetts, USA | per Find a Grave webpage | |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Waldenrath, Germany | 14 October 1943 | Killed aboard his B17 while attempting to bail out. His plane crash at 1350 hrs near Waldenrath, Germany with him aboard. |
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Buried |
Neuville-en-Condroz, Arrondissement de Liège, Liège, Belgium | per his Find a Grave record |
Revisions
Details of his last mission obtained from George Kuhl's book, "Wrong Place, Wrong Time," Page 93 and 94 and burial location form the Find A Grave webpage.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 916 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
