42-74737

Thomas Smith was flying his P-47 #42-74737 on a Ramrod Bomber escort mission 11 April 1944. Out of fuel, crash-landed near the hamlet of Macou, 1,5km North-East of Condé-sur-L’Escaut, Nord Department, France, very near the Belgian border - Missing Air Crew Report – MACR 3733

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Elmer Norwood Dunlap

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 359th Fighter Group 370th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20823678 / O-687239
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
Captain Thomas P. Smith of the 370th Fighter Squadron, 359th Fighter Group practices archery at East Wretham. Printed Caption on reverse: '359th FG Photos Source: T.P. Smith, via Char Baldridge, Historian Description: #2 T.P. Smith practicing archery.'

Thomas Peter Smith

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 359th Fighter Group 370th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31051940 at enlistment, then O-812894
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

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crash-landed

11 April 1944 out of fuel, near the hamlet of Macou, 1,5km North-East of Condé-sur-L’Escaut, Nord Department, France, very near the Belgian border

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ContributorED-BB
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Corrected crash place : not "Holland" but in France, near the Belgian border.
MACR 3733
NARA - Captured German records - J-831 à https://catalog.archives.gov/id/131495449
WWII Draft Card
Escape & Evasion Report E&E 1781

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ContributorAAM
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MACR 3733 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database