Raymond Francis Tomlinson
MilitaryAssigned to 753BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. On his crew's* 2nd combat mission in B-24 44-40287 'Bachelor's Bedlam' was struck in neck by flak (in between flak suit and helmet), died instantly. Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: PH.
*Had only been with crew for 3 weeks as one of the replacements for original crews gunners.
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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: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Bachelor's Bedlam : Bachelor's Club
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Hollister, CA | 30 December 1923 | Son of Eva Tomlinson. |
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Enlisted |
San Francisco, CA | 4 March 1943 | San Francisco, California |
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Died |
Peronne, France | 15 June 1944 | Died above Peronne target when struck in neck by flak (in between flak suit and helmet), died instantly. Killed in Action (KIA) |
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Buried |
16 June 1944 | Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK Plot A Row 6 Grave 28 | |
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Based |
Horsham St Faith | 15 June 1944 | Assigned to 753BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Combat Chronology Supplement, p. 271, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces vol 3 pg 659 & Page 283 of the book LIBERATORS OVER NORWICH by Mackay, Bailry & Scorza, 2010, D790G4582010 &
href="http://www.458bg.com/crewaz06mccormick.htm">http://www.458bg.com/crewaz06mccormick.htm> / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia