Douglas J Tomlinson Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down by fighters and crashed into the Baltic Sea in B-24 44-40128 on 6/20/44 Killed in Action (KIA)



Air Medal; Purple Heart

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Units served with

A Swedish Soldier guards a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40159) nicknamed "Boulder Buff" of the 492nd Bomb Group that has landed in Sweden.

492nd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

44-40128

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 856th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Bossier, Louisiana, USA

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Baltic Sea 20 June 1944

Born

Fort Worth, TX, USA

Revisions

Date
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources

Merged with duplicate record to include details from:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgial
MACR 7075

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

MACR 7075 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database