Thomas Leo Toolin
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 30977
1LT Thomas Leo Toolin
Bombardier
Chaffin & Eccleston Crew
388th BG - 561st BS
KIA 20 December 1943
Bombardier
Chaffin & Eccleston Crew
388th BG - 561st BS
KIA 20 December 1943
Shot down 20 December 1943 in B-17 #4231084 on mission to Bremen. Killed in Action (KIA).
Earlier 24 November 1943 crash landed while on a cross-country training flight in B17#42-37844. RTD
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot / Squadron Commander
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-794648
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Sweetheart
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Just AG
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 20 December 1943
- Date: 16 December 1943
- Date: 13 December 1943
- Date: 11 December 1943
- Date: 5 December 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
Providence, RI, USA | 10 October 1941 | |
Died |
Bremen-Vegesack, Bremen, Germany | 20 December 1943 | |
Buried |
6280 Højer, Denmark | 21 July 1944 | The body of bombardier T.L. Toolin was washed ashore at Emmerlev Klev (maybe about here, overview here). On 21 July 1944 he was buried in the cemetery (in Højer) by the Wehrmacht without ecclesiastical assistance. The rest of the crew, 9 men, appear to have perished." (FAF) |
Born |
Providence, Rhode Island | ||
Buried |
Cranston, RI, USA | Saint Ann Cemetery • Cranston, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA Plot Section 21, Lot 1408 |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3154, Losses of 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey pp. 381, 429