Thomas Paul McGurn

Military

Killed in Action (KIA) near Zobbenitz in B-17 #43-37551.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

The mission board of the 457th Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image: '(GM-299-2-457)(16/5/45)(Op's Board's).'

43-37551

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Oil City, Pennsylvania, USA 28 June 1925

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 28 March 1945 Age 19

Buried

Oil City, Pennsylvania, USA Calvary Cemetery

Revisions

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Updated the Buried event per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 161990591.

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Copied "Summary biography" from a Duplicate person as part of a merge operation of dup people so one dup person can be deleted.

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Added a Buried event per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 161990591.
Updated the Born event per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 161990591.

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Corrected the name by moving "Mc" from the middle name field to the surname field.

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MACR 13544 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database