Thomas Breen
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 384th Bomb Group
Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29867. Prisoner of War (POW). Missing Air Crew Report #838.
POW
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Shot down in B-17 42-29867 on Mission #115, 14 October 1943. Missing Air Crew Report #838. POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 384th Bomb Group
Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29867. Prisoner of War (POW). Missing Air Crew Report #838.
POW
Military | Technical Sergeant | MOS 748 Engineer/Top Turret Gunner | 384th Bomb Group
Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29867. Prisoner of War (POW). Missing Air crew Report #838.
POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 384th Bomb Group
Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29867. Prisoner of War (POW). Missing Air Crew Report #838.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 384th Bomb Group
Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29867. Prisoner of War (POW). Missing Air Crew Report #838.
POW
Military | Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 384th Bomb Group
Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29867. Prisoner of War (POW). Missing Air Crew Report #838
POW
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 384th Bomb Group
Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29867. Prisoner of War (POW). Missing Air Crew Report #848.
POW
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 384th Bomb Group
Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29867. Prisoner of War (POW).
Missing Air crew Report #838
POW
Military | Major | Pilot 97th Bomb Group/ 414th Squadron/ Transferred as Commander of 384th BG/ 547th Unit /41st Bomb Wing Heavy Group B and Group C1945 | 384th Bomb Group
Raised in Kissimmee Florida, Parents Omer S. Thacker and Jesse Wilder, Both Attorneys in Kissimmee Fl.
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 384th Bomb Group
Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29867. Prisoner of War (EVD). Missing Air crew Report #838.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 384th Bomb Group
Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29867. Prisoner of War (POW).
Missing Air Crew Report #838.
POW
Group
The 384th Bomb Group flew B-17s from Grafton Underwood, Northamptonshire, between May 1943 and June 1945. They were engaged in daylight bombing missions over Germany as part of the Allies' efforts to destroy the effectiveness of the Luftwaffe by...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 28/2/43; Casper 13/3/43; Metropolitan 13/4/43; Dow Fd 30/4/43; Assigned 364BS/305BG [WF-A] Chelveston 12/7/43; transferred 535BS/381BG [MS-T] Ridgewell 22/8/43 LUCIFER II; {4+m} 544BS/384BG [SU-C] Grafton Underwood 4/10/43; Missing in...
14 October 1943
This was the 2nd mission flown against the ball bearing industry at Schweinfurt, Germany and was as equally disastrous as that flown on 17-Aug-43. It came to be known as "Black Thursday". While fighter escort was dispatched, bad weather and lack of...
Military site : airfield
Grafton Underwood was built in 1941 by George Wimpey and Co. Ltd. It was the first airfield in England to receive an Eighth Air Force flying unit, when in May 1942 personnel of the 15th Bomb Squadron took up residence. As a satellite airfield for...
Event | Location | Date |
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Born | Lakewood, Ohio, USA | 26 July 1916 |
Enlisted | Cleveland, OH, USA | 5 August 1941 |
Residence: Cuyahoga, Ohio |
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Assigned | 3 September 1943 | |
Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 544th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #88 dated 3 September 1943, Walter Golden Williams Crew. Five combat missions. |
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Prisoner of War (POW) | Germany | 14 October 1943 – January 1945 |
POW Camp: Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11. He was severely injured when he bailed out. |
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Died | Ohio, USA | 1 December 2010 |
Date | Contributor | Update |
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06 January 2017 02:11:51 | bombercommand | Changes to media associations |
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18 July 2015 17:45:38 | bombercommand | Changes to awards, events and media associations |
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http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=4976 2015-07-18, combined with records Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=b... |
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16 June 2015 02:32:29 | bombercommand | Changes to events |
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http://www.fold3.com/search/#s_given_name=carl&s_surname=abele&offset=6&... |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
16 June 2015 01:36:39 | bombercommand | Changes to service number, highest rank, biography, awards, events, place associations, mission associations and media associations |
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http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=4976 |
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22 May 2015 03:22:36 | bombercommand | Changes to middlename |
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http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=4976 |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:05:10 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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MACR 838 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |