Thompson E Wilson
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 367BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. 7 x missions. Shot down 14-Oct-43 in B-17 42-30727. Killed in Action (KIA).
Mission List: Stuttgart, Lille, Paris, Nantes, Emden, Frankfurt, Schweinfurt.
Awards: AM, 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: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14078966 / O-793717
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Fightin Bitin
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Lorraine American Cemetery, St Avold, France
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted |
Crisfield, Maryland | 3 February 1941 | EnlistedCrisfield, Maryland |
Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | 14 October 1943 | Killed in Action (KIA)Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
Buried |
Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial Saint-Avold, France | 1 January 1946 | Re-InterredLorraine American Cemetery and MemorialSaint-Avold, France |
Buried Memorialised |
Crisfield Cemetery Crisfield, Maryland | 1 January 1948 | MemorialisedCrisfield CemeteryCrisfield, Maryland |
Born |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 817 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database