Thomas B McCormick
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Associated Person
Object Number - UPL 35951 - Capt. Thomas Bolton McCormick
Shot down 23 November 1942 in B-17 41-24479 'Sad Sack' while serving as Co-Pilot. Aircraft was seen to feather #2 engine, turned to return to base and was never seen again. 30 miles from the English coast, German fighters shot it down. No traces of the crew or aircraft were ever found.
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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: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16043224
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-437102
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-728177
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-727094
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19044106 / O-432000
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Sad Sack
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 23 November 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 18 November 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 14 November 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 7 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
English Channel | 23 November 1942 | Killed when the aircraft was attacked by German aircraft and crashed into the English Channel. |
|
Other Commemorated |
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Madingley Road, Coton, Cambridgeshire CB23 7PH, UK | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 30-Nov-2014. Edited description, made aircraft association and added KIA event per MACR 16273; added Commemoration event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record.
Lee Cunningham 5-Nov-2014. Missing Air Crew Report (MACR)16273; American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC).
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 16273, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. One by Bishop and Hey, p. 48
