Lowell Edwin Thompson
Military
Pilot-2nd Lt. Mahion R. Reickson (POW)
Co-pilot-2nd Lt. Adolf H. Huesgen (EVD)
Navigator-2nd Lt. Paul A. Nachwey (KIA)
Bombardier-2nd Lt. Lionel J. Leitner (EVD)
Top Turret Gunner-S/Sgt. Emil O. Peterson (EVD)
Radar Operator-T/Sgt. Claiborne T. Graves (POW)
Ball Turret Gunner-Sgt. Lowell E. Thompson (POW)
Right Waist Gunner-Sgt. James T. Sewell (POW)
Tail Gunner-Sgt. Robert G. Morden (POW)
398th Bomb Group Collection via Nuthampstead Airfield Museum.
Object Number - UPL 23045 - B-17 "Ramp Rooster" 42-107188. On 29th December 1944, on it's 42nd mission, the aircraft was hit with flak and the caught fire. The plane crashed in...
Assigned to 602BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. Prisoner of War (POW) crashed on 29-Dec-44 in Luxembourg in B-17 42-107188 'Ramp Rooster'
Awards: AM, POW, EAME, WWII Victory.
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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: 398th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-770985
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Ramp Rooster
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 487th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron 836th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Fullertown, Kentucky | 25 May 1924 | Born Fullertown, Kentucky |
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Enlisted |
Fort Sheridan, Illinois | 10 November 1941 | Enlisted Fort Sheridan, Illinois |
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Died |
South Shore, Kentucky | 29 June 1999 | Died South Shore, Kentucky |
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Prisoner of war Prisoner of War (POW) |
Stalag Luft IV, Tychowo, Poland | 29 December 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW) Stalag Luft IV |
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Buried |
Siloam Cemetery Siloam, Kentucky | 2 July 1999 | Interred Siloam Cemetery Siloam, Kentucky |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11348 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
