George Jacob Thom
MilitaryAssigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. 24 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Brunswick mission 8-Apr-44 in B-24 42-7767 'Shack Rabbit'; Shot down by fighters, remained with A/C as crew baled out, following them at extreme low level. Seemingly he didn't get his chute attached, let alone opened, before he plunged into the canopy of a tree, breaking many bones, including his back !! Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 3849
Awards: AM, LOM, PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19012052 / O-689756
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12004412 / O-679598
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16060853 / O-676373
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32509732
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17063731
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 8 April 1944
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Paris, WI | 5 May 1921 | Son of Jacob Anthony and Lillian [Ludwig], born Maier Thom. |
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Enlisted |
Milwaukee, WI | 30 March 1942 | |
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Other Baled Out POW |
Hanover, Germany | 8 April 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Brunswick mission 8-Apr-44 in B-24 42-7767 'Shack Rabbit'; Shot down by fighters, remained with A/C as crew baled out, following them at low level. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 3849 |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 8 April 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
31 August 1972 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
Sumter, SC | 12 July 2001 | |
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Based Prisoner of War (POW) |
Shipdham | 8 April 1944 | Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Arlington County, VA Section: 8-M Row 17, Site: 2 | ||
| Burlington, WI |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/image/29627742
https://www.fold3.com/record/47381083-george-j-thom
https://www.fold3.com/record/84386350-george-j-thom
https://www.fold3.com/record/620359903-george-thom-1921
http://users.psln.com/~pete/pow_george_thom.htm
http://greenharbor.com/ROHPDF/ROHA44.pdf
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49324312/george-j_-thom
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3849 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / self, MACR 3849