Thomas P Thomson

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

B-17G #42-40008 collided with another aircraft during a concentrated flak barrage on a mission to Frankfurt, GR on 24 Mar 1944 and crashed NNE of Schweinfurt, GR. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Bar Fly
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

24 March 1944

Born

Dyer, Indiana, USA

Buried

Indiana

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 24 March 1944

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Sources

81st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 3539, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3539 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database