Thomas G Standish Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Correction: Old Bolingbroke Parish Council organised the laying and dedication of the memorial.
Object Number - UPL 30124 - Memorial at the crash site of B-17 42-97479 'Belle of Liberty', dedicated to the crew who were killed. It was unveiled in a service on Sunday 10...
Assigned to 327BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) bombing mission to Kaiserlautern, battle damaged, B-17G 42-97479 crash landed two miles north of RAF East Kirby, burned out 30-Dec-44 Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-825011
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Belle of Liberty
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 30 December 1944
Places
- Site type: Aircraft crash site
![A bomber crew of the 92nd Bomb Group return to Podington following a mission flying B-17 Flying Fortresses to Wittenberg. A B-17 Flying Fortress (NV-K, serial number 42-29994) is visible in the background. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for Publication 23 Feb 1945' [stamp]. ' News Chronicle Copyright Picture' [stamp]. Printed caption on reverse: 'Crew back from Wittenberg.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379172.jpg.webp?itok=G7D0FciD)
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Enlisted |
Boston, MA, USA | 13 April 1943 | |
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Died |
East Kirkby, Spilsby PE23, UK | 30 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) bombing mission to Kaiserlautern, battle damaged, B-17G 42-97479 crash landed two miles north of RAF East Kirby, burned out 30-Dec-44 KIA. |
| Rhode Island, USA | |||
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Based |
Podington | 30 December 1944 | Assigned to 327BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Interred Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Coton Cambridgeshire | ||
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Born |
Bristol County, MA, USA |
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Sources
Combat Chronology / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
