Thomas Chappell Farrow
MilitaryPrisoner of War (POW) Shot down by fighters and crashed near Zetteritz on 7/20/44 in B-17 Section 8 #42-37974. Missing Air Crew Report #7278.
POW
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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: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-681514
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-746012
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-799714
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18200710
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-736644
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Section 8
- Unit: 544th Bomb Squadron 545th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 20 July 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Claymont, Delaware | 22 June 1916 | |
Enlisted |
Camden, NJ, USA | 23 September 1942 | Residence: New Castle County, Delaware Private, Branch Immaterial |
Other Assigned |
Grafton Underwood NN14, UK | 12 November 1943 | Assigned to the 384th Bombardment Group, 547th Bombardment Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #141 dated 12 November 1943, Maurice Arthur Booska Crew. 28 combat missions. |
Other Prisoner of War |
Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland | 20 July 1944 | POW Camp: Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16 |
Died |
7 August 1993 | Burial: Gracelawn Memorial Park New Castle New Castle County Delaware, USA |
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2017-06-07 information from duplicate AAM File https://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/210191 consolidated in this file.
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7278, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…