Theodore R Thurston
Military
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Object Number - UPL 41406 - Theodore R Thurston Staff Sergeant BTG, 327th BS/92nd BG Fames Favored Few, Alconbury, UK Circa 1943
Assigned to 327BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 27-Aug-43 in B-17 42-30617. Plane ditched in North Sea. Returned to duty (RTD).
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), BS, GC, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12054598
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: ? / T-?
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39393756
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16033805
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39454163
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Bombardier; Togglier
Aircraft
Missions
![B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 303rd Bomb Group line up for take off. A B-17 (VK-I, serial number 42-3064) nicknamed "Yankee Doodle Dandy" is bringing up the rear. First handwritten caption on reverse of print: '27/8/43.' Second handwritten caption on reverse: 'VK-I. 8/9/43.' On reverse: 'Confidential Until Re-Classified By Censor' [Stamp].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-407640.jpg.webp?itok=Vtg9OHI5)
- Date: 27 August 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Whittier, CA | 30 January 1922 | Son of Mae Thurston. |
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Enlisted |
Los Angeles, CA | 13 December 1941 | |
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Died |
Nevada | 13 October 2003 | |
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Buried |
Gardens Cemetery Fallon, Churchill County, NE | 18 October 2003 | Gardens Cemetery Fallon, Churchill County, Nebraska |
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Based |
Alconbury | Assigned to 327BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Insignia Authorization Card and Enlisted Record and Report of Separation Honorable Discharge paper work
From Enlisted Record and Report of Separation Honorable Discharge paper work
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey p.255
