Thomas E Mulligan

Military
media-49678.jpeg UPL 49678 2Lt Mulligan and B-17F Pappy #42-29624 359th BS (BN-Q)

2LT THOMAS "ED" MULLIGAN, copilot on the WILLIAM J. CLINE crew, sits on the #3 propeller hub of B-17F
#42-29624 Pappy. On the cowling are painted the names of his wife Jeannie and his newborn son Eddie.
[photo courtesy of John J. Mulligan, Jr.]

www.303rdbg.com [photo courtesy of John J. Mulligan, Jr.]

Object Number - UPL 49678 - 2Lt Mulligan and B-17F Pappy #42-29624 359th BS (BN-Q) 2LT THOMAS "ED" MULLIGAN, copilot on the WILLIAM J. CLINE crew, sits on the #3 propeller...

Shot down 12 August 1943 in B-17 #4229640 'Old Ironsides. ' Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.

303rd Bomb Group

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

People

William J Cline

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O661451
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot, Pilot

Aircraft

42-29624

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Pappy
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 379th Bomb Group 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron 359th Bomb Squadron 527th Bomb Squadron

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 256

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Object number: UPL 49678 - 2Lt Mulligan and B-17F Pappy #42-29624 359th BS...