Thomas E Whitfield

Military
media-20000.jpeg UPL 20000 My Dad , back row 2nd from the left
Ashley Crew
Back...
Ashley, Gil pilot
Smith, Ron co- pilot
Zeien, Cliff Bombardier
Lewis, Wm. Navigator
Front ...
Carl Woodward (cpl) Crew Chief
Harvey Miller, (Sgt) top turret
Daniel Weinman (Sgt) Nose gunner
Thomas Whitfield (Sgt) Engineer
Richard Dawson (Sgt) radio
Snglich (cpl) tail gunner

Object Number - UPL 20000 - My Dad , back row 2nd from the left Ashley Crew Back... Ashley, Gil pilot Smith, Ron co- pilot Zeien, Cliff Bombardier Lewis, Wm. ...

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Units served with

A diagrammatic layout of AAF Station 174 - the USAAF codename for Sudbury airfield - while the 486th Bomb Group were stationed at the airbase as of the 22 June 1944.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 835th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Twentieth Century Wolf
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Savannah, Georgia 26 March 1905

Died

16 May 1905

Buried

Swainsboro, Georgia

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Sources

Added an association to the A/C #42-52483 listed on the 486th BG website.

https://www.486th.org/BS835/Ashley.htm

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

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

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