Thomas Allen Montgomery
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 65054 - T/Sgt Thomas A. Montgomery
Assigned to 338BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) from Berlin in B-17 42-102541 8-May-44; A/C rammed by Me109, exploding due to wing tank fire. KIA. MACR 4574.
Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35374666
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32271971
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14138163
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17065699 / O-677607
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
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Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Houstonia, MO | 5 October 1913 | Son of Lewis Randolph and Dixie Deane [Marshall] Montgomery. |
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Enlisted |
Detroit, Michigan | 25 March 1941 | Detroit, Michigan |
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Died |
Sehlem, near Hildesheim, Germany | 8 May 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) from Berlin in B-17 42-102541 8-May-44; A/C rammed by Me109, exploding due to wing tank fire. KIA. MACR 4574 |
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Buried |
Sehlem, Germany | 9 May 1944 | in the Sehlem Cemetery, near Hildesheim, Germany |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Snetterton Heath | 8 May 1944 | Assigned to 338BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Plot C Row 6 Grave 12 | |
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Buried |
Memorial Park Cemetery Sedalia, Pettis County, MO | Memorialised Memorial Park Cemetery Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4574 / MACR 4574; Unit History Roster, Enlisted Men, as of 01 August 1945 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database