James McKenzie Thompson
Military ROLL OF HONOURIWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Commanding Officer of the 448th Bomb Group at Seething from May 1943 to April 1944. Declared Killed in Action (KIA) on 1st April 1944. Parachute failed to open from lead PFF aircraft 41-28763. Story detailed pp. 79-80 in 'Liberators Over Germany'.
Awards: DFC, AM, PH, (OLC), Croix de Guerre (French)
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Groesbeck, Texas | 1 January 1906 | Exact dates not yet known1906Groesbeck, Texas |
Other Commanding Officer of 448th BG |
1 May 1943 - 1 April 1944 | ||
Died Killed in Action |
Arras, France | 1 April 1944 | Killed in Action (KIA)Arras, France |
Buried |
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial | 1 January 1946 | Re-InterredNormandy American Cemetery and MemorialColleville-sur-Mer, FrancePlot A Row 22 Grave 32 |
Buried Memorialised |
Faulkenberry Cemetery Groesbeck, Texas | 1 January 1948 | MemorialisedFaulkenberry CemeteryGroesbeck, Texas |
Revisions
Flagged as a "Possible DUPLICATE" in the Nickname field so an Admin can check out this person.
Combined two entries for James M Thompson into a single entry. This entry now includes information from the following sources:
Combat Chronology Supplement p. 243 / 'The 448th BG (H): Liberators over Germany in World War II' by Brett / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
Other source:
ABMC record: http://www.abmc.gov/search-abmc-burials-and-memorializations/detail/WWI…
Seething Control Tower Museum: http://www.seethingtower.org/448-bomb-group.php (bottom of page)
Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database