Thomas Wesley Crosby

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 326BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. Crashed near Evreux in B-17 43-37848 'Scrappy Mike' Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 8078





Awards: PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 92nd Bomb Group.

92nd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Lawrence Martin Brechbill

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35152754 / O-761232
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

43-37848

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Scrappy Mike
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Gordon, KS 20 August 1922 Son of John H and Margaret Gertrude [Martin] Spurlock.

Enlisted

Santa Ana, CA 12 March 1943 Santa Ana, California

Died

Evreux, FR 13 August 1944 Crashed near Evreux in B-17 43-37848 'Scrappy Mike' Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 8078

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Podington 13 August 1944 Assigned to 326BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

White Chapel Memorial Gardens Wichita, Sedgwick County, KS Re-Interred White Chapel Memorial Gardens Wichita, Sedgwick County, KS
King County, WA

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8078 / MACR 8078, Countdown: 35 Daylight Missions Against Nazi Germany ISBN 0-945575-17-3 Copyright 1990 by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. Author speaks highly of Crosby and describes watching plane hit and overturn. / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database