Thomas C Mandrell
Military
Bruce Field Class 42-H
Object Number - UPL 28106 - Bruce Field Class 42-H
Shot down 12 May 1944 in B-17 #42102395. Prisoner of War (POW).
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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron
Events
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Died |
16 July 2002 | THOMAS C. ("MANDY") MANDRELL, 83, of Houston, died Tuesday, July 16, 2002. A wonderful friend, a loving father, brother and grandfather, and an avid fisherman, Mr. Mandrell was born on February 26, 1919 in Mayfield, Oklahoma to Clifford Cline Mandrell and Frances Laura Nelson. He served his country faithfully during World War II in the United States Army Air Corps reaching the rank of First Lieutenant. Mr. Mandrell graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering. He retired from Dow Chemical after 30+ years of service. He was a member of the Lake Jackson Masonic Lodge and First Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas. Mr. Mandrell was preceded in death by his loving wife, best friend and fishing partner, Olive Moseley Mandrell of Greenville, Texas on January 2, 1994. He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Marcia and Gregg Raymond; a son and daughter-in-law, Rick and Ginny Mandrell; three sisters, Penny Mandrell, Juinece Sanders and Mable Johnson; and his four grandchildren, David Mandrell, Mike Mandrell, Cliff Raymond and Carleen Raymond. A Memorial Service will be held at 2:00 P. M. Friday, July19, 2002, at Pines Presbyterian Church, 12751 Kimberley Lane, with Rev. Wayne Eberly officiating. Graveside Services will be held at 11 A. M. Saturday, July 20, 2002, at Forest Park Cemetery in Greenville, Texas. In lieu of flowers, please make donations in memory of Mandy, and his love for young fishermen, to KIDFISH Foundation, Inc.; P.O. Box 2538; Athens, Texas 75751. Keeping "tight lines" until we see you again, farewell Mandy. We love you. | |
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Born |
Grimes, Oklahoma, USA | ||
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Obermaßfeld, 98617 Obermaßfeld-Grimmenthal, Germany | 12 May 1944 | I spoke with Mr. Mandrell briefly on the phone on February 17, 1997, about his wartime experiences as a POW in the hospital ward at Obermassfeld, Germany. He and my father-in-law, John Kendrick were in the same ward. Mandrell recalled the grim sense of humor they all had in the ward. He told me that his B-17 was hit by an exploding shell from an ME-109 and he was burned badly. He bailed out and landed in a pine forest near a village where a fighter strafe had just occurred. The locals were very upset. He was unconscious when he hit the ground. The German villagers were whacking him around when Nazi troops arrived and "rescued" him. He was moved further inland by train for interrogation and treatment as a POW. Mandrell remembered that the doctors & orderlies at Obermassfeld were captured at Dunkirk. He was later moved to a POW camp at Mooseburg and was liberated by General Patton on April 12, 1945. |
Revisions
I spoke with Mr. Mandrell briefly on the phone on February 17, 1997, about his wartime experiences as a POW in the hospital ward at Obermassfeld, Germany. He and my father-in-law, John Kendrick were in the same ward. Mandrell recalled the grim sense of humor they all had in the ward. He told me that his B-17 was hit by an exploding shell from an ME-109 and he was burned badly. He bailed out and landed in a pine forest near a village where a fighter strafe had just occurred. The locals were very upset. He was unconscious when he hit the ground. The German villagers were whacking him around when Nazi troops arrived and "rescued" him. He was moved further inland by train for interrogation and treatment as a POW. Mandrell remembered that the doctors & orderlies at Obermassfeld were captured at Dunkirk. He was later moved to a POW camp at Mooseburg and was liberated by General Patton on April 12, 1945.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4771 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
