Thomas Carroll Breen Jr

Military
The insignia of the 544th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group. media-395076.jpg FRE 5133 The insignia of the 544th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5133 - The insignia of the 544th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.

Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29867. Prisoner of War (POW). Missing Air Crew Report #838.



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-735151
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
The insignia of the 544th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-798966
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
The insignia of the 545th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33187101
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner, Radio Operator/Gunner
The insignia of the 544th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32383136
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
The insignia of the 544th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-795863
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lucifer II
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 305th Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron 364th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Great Neck, New York 11 November 1922

Enlisted

Hempstead, NY, USA 23 March 1942 Residence: Nassau County, New York Private, Air Corps

Other

Assigned

3 September 1943 Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 544th Station 106 Special Bomb Squadron on AAF Orders #88 dated 3 September 1943, Walter Gordon Williams Crew. Four combat missions.

Other

Prisoner of War

14 October 1943 Knocked down by enemy aircraft; crashed near Metz, France. POW Camp: Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12

Died

Maryland, USA 24 June 2001 Burial: Crownsville Veterans Cemetery Crownsville Anne Arundel County Maryland, USA Plot: Section 5E1 Row 10 Site 7

Revisions

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Sources

http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=5153

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=hanrahan&GSfn=tho…;
2015-07-18, Combined with records from MACR 838 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 838, newspaper obituary

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