Joseph C Thomas
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 729BS, 452BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 20-Apr-44 in B-17 42-37956. Plane ditched in Channel. Returned to base. MACR 4179. Shot down 12-May-44 in B-17 42-97786 'The Hardway'. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 4823.
Awards: PH
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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: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18209594
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner / Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32730850
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12044761
- Highest Rank: Private
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16082204
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
Aircraft
Places
![A bomber crew of the 390th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress ( serial number 42-31027) nicknamed "Honey Chile" and their dog and monkey mascots "Scrappy" and "Joe". Image stamped on reverse: ‘Fox.’ [stamp], ‘passed for publication 25 Oct 1943.’ [stamp] and ‘289774.’ [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: ‘AERIAL MASCOTS OF FORTRESS CREWS. PH/MoN. As frisky and friendly a pair of aerial mascots as you'll find in Britain are "Scrappy" and "Joe", pup and monkey team belonging to the](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380433.jpg.webp?itok=L7HbOA_i)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Parham
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Riley, Kansas, USA | 23 November 1919 | |
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Other Returned (RTD) |
English Channel | 20 April 1944 | Shot down 20-Apr-44 in B-17 42-37956. Plane ditched in Channel. Returned to base. MACR 4179. |
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Died |
Koblenz, Germany | 12 May 1944 | Shot down 12-May-44 in B-17 42-97786 'The Hardway'. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 4823. |
| Crawford County, KS, USA | |||
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Based |
Framlingham | 12 May 1944 | Assigned to 729BS, 452BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
5181 Wildcat Creek Rd, Manhattan, KS 66503, USA | Riley Cemetery Riley, Riley County, KS |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4179 / MACR 4179, MACR 4822 / MACR 4823 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database