Thomas G Dowda Jr
MilitaryShot down by fighters and crashed near Devern, GR on a mission to Brunswick on 10 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-31838 'Sack Time Charlie', Killed in Action (KIA).
POW
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Sack Time Charlie
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Seadrift, Texas, USA | 14 February 1923 | |
|
Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Germany | 10 February 1944 | |
|
Buried |
Seadrift, Texas, USA | Seadrift Cemetery Plot A-077-2 |
Revisions
Added S/N per MACR 2370 for A/C #42-31838 at Fold3.com.
SOURCE: https://www.fold3.com/image/28612237/28612208
Updated the Born event and added a Buried event per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 36793754.
Changed a mislabeled POW event to a KIA event.
Changed "Prisoner of War (POW)" in the "Summary biography" to "Killed in Action (KIA)" per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 36793754.
See: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36793754/thomas-g_-dowda
Copied "Summary biography" from a Duplicate person as part of a merge operation of dup people so the dup person can be deleted.
Corrected the name by moving "Jr" from the surname field to the suffix field and moving the last name from the middle name field to the surname field.
MACR 2370 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database