Thaddeus V Powell

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in Action (KIA). Shot down 1 May 1943 in B-17 #4229620 on a mission to the uboat yards at St. Nazaire. Plane was shot down and fell into Brest Harbour.



Air Medal, Purple Heart

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

1 May 1943

Born

Texas

Buried

Brittany American Cemetery, Saint James, France (Wall of the Missing)

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

France 1 May 1943

Revisions

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Associated Brittany Cemetery.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15715 / MACR 15715, Losses of the 8th and 9th AF Vol. I p .113 by Bishop and Hey, ABMC, First Over Germany by R. Strong p. 105. / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database