John Frederick Theile

Military
media-56042.jpeg UPL 56042 S/Sgt. John Theile, Tail Gunner, 701st Bomb Sqn, 445th Bomb Group

Family Collection

Object Number - UPL 56042 - S/Sgt. John Theile, Tail Gunner, 701st Bomb Sqn, 445th Bomb Group

Assigned to 701BS, 445BG, 8AF USAAF.





Awards: AM (3OLC), WWII Victor, EAME (2 x Battle Stars)

Connections

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

A B-24 Liberator (MK-A) of the 701st Bomb Squadron, 445th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '445 BG, Roger.'

42-50609

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Skyline Drive
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 701st Bomb Squadron

Places

Signal Squares on the airfield at Tibenham, B-24 Liberators of the 398th Bomb Group are visible in the background. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Tibenham Signal Squares.'

Tibenham

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Tivetshall

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Owosso, MI 15 July 1923 Son of Frederick and Estella [Young] Theile.

Enlisted

Detroit, MI 3 January 1942 Detroit, Michigan

Died

Owosso, MI 9 January 2008

Buried

Saint Paul Cemetery Owosso, Shiawassee County, MI 12 January 2008 Saint Paul Cemetery Owosso, Shiawassee County, Michigan

Based

Tibenham Assigned to 701BS, 445BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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https://www.fold3.com/image/662140068
https://www.fold3.com/record/45783052/john-f-theile-social-security-dea…
https://www.fold3.com/record/84369834/john-f-theile-wwii-army-enlistmen…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23889543/john-frederick-theile

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Collection of T/Sgt Thomas J Campana

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Birsic, SO#265 12 Oct 44 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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