Thomas Francis Comi
Military
Rear L-R: T/Sgt Louis F Koch, 1Lt Thomas F Comi, Capt Robert E Lamb, 2Lt Harold Lodinger.
Front L-R: T/Sgt Carl E Miller, S/Sgt Everett M Cayford, S/Sgt Marshall A Tharpe, S/Sgt Micheal A Koussa, S/Sgt Francis J Morello.
NARA Ref 342-FH-3A12019-D81703AC.
Object Number - UPL 23186 - Crew members of the 753rd Bomb Squadron, 458th Bomb Group, pose beside a Consolidated B-24 somewhere in England. 13 November 1944. Rear L-R: T/Sgt...
Shot down by flak and baled out Viernhsim on 31-Jul-44 from B-24 41-28778. Prisoner of War (POW).
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
New York, NY, USA | 15 October 1921 | Son of Sebastian and Carmela M Coni. |
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Enlisted |
Albany, NY | 9 July 1942 | Albany, New York |
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Other Baled out |
Viernheim, Germany | 31 July 1944 | Shot down by flak and baled out Viernhsim on 31-Jul-44 from B-24 41-28778. POW. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 31 July 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
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Died |
16 December 1948 | Killed in the crash of a C-47 Dakota. | |
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Buried |
Saint Patrick's Cemetery Watervliet, Albany County, NY | 19 December 1948 | Saint Patrick's Cemetery Watervliet, Albany County, New York |
| Watervliet, NY, USA | |||
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Based |
Hethel | 31 July 1944 | Assigned to 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- Unit History;
- MACR 7747;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.458bg.com/crew20lamb.htm
