Thomas D McMahon

Military

He flew on James Johnston crew. Reported to the ETO on 01 Jul 1942.

On 13 January 1943 in B-17F 41-24471 'Four of a Kind' while serving as Ball Turret Gunner the aircraft was involved in a mid-air collision with B-17F 41-24498 306BG/369BS and broke in two just north of the target at Lille, France. He was able to parachute safely and managed to evade capture until 24-Ap-43 when he was captured at Brussels, Belgium Prisoner of War (POW).



Completed 10 missions: 09 Oct 1942- Lille, 07 Nov 1942- Brest, 08 Nov 1942- Lille, 17 Nov 1942- St. Nazaire, 18 Nov 1942- La Pallice U Boat Pens, 22 Nov 1942- Lorient U Boat Pens, 06 Dec 1942- Mock Diversion, 12 Dec 1942- Rouen/Scottervilles, 20 Dec 1942- Lorient U Boat Pens, 03 Jan 1943- St. Nazaire U Boat Pens, 13 January 1943- Lille.



POW, AM 2OLC, GC, PH, WWII VM,

Connections

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.

306th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'

41-24471

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Four of a Kind
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group

Missions

Places

Stalag XVII-B

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

New York City, New York 19 January 1925

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Krems an der Donau, Austria 24 April 1943 - 30 May 1945 Held at Stalag 17B, Braunau-Gneikendorf (near Krems) Austria. He managed to evade capture until 24 April 1943 when he was captured at Brussels, Belgium. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 30-May-45

Revisions

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Added an association to Stalag 17B per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Lee Cunningham 19-Jan-2015. POW event per National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database.

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Lee Cunningham 19-Jan-2015. Corrected mission connection.

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Lee Cunningham 19-Jan-2015 Added decorations and made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data; Added POW event per National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database; Added mission details to Description per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; aso reference MACR 15502.

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306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition; MACR 15502, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey, p. 63, First Over Germany pg. 63, Russell Strong Index Cards, 306th BGA Collection, / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.306bg.org/crewphotos/Crew%20Pictures%20Adam-Rector/Crew%20Pi…