Arlie Leroy Thompson
Military
Object Number - UPL 41148 - Sgt Arlie Leroy Thompson
Assigned to 410BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. Erickson crew. 6 x combat mission. Failed to Return (FTR) on mission to Bordeaux, France in B-17 42-30200 "Slo-Time Sally". Seriously wounded in abdomen by fighter attacks, he was put into his chute and assisted to bail out. Fellow crew members heard him say he would be able to open his parachute and it seems he was not able to. His body was found by the Germans. Killed in Action (KIA). Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 1892.
Awards: AM, PH.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-802102
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-000170
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36610483
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13135631
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20272732 at enlistment, then O-748006
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Slo-Time Sally
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 5 January 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Rougham
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Tyrone, PA | 6 August 1921 | Son of Howard T and Stella Jane [Witherow] Thompson. |
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Enlisted |
Altoona, PA | 5 October 1942 | Altoona, Pennsylvania |
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Other Killed In Action |
Gourin, France | 5 January 1944 | Parachute probably didn't open - B-17 42-30200 "Slo-Time Sally" Killed in Action (KIA) |
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Buried |
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial | Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial Plot C Row 15 Grave 47 | |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Bury St Edmunds | 5 January 1944 | Assigned to 410BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1892 / MACR 1892, 8th AF Losses, WWII Memorial / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
