Ray E Thompson
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 327BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. Lost aboard B-17 43-37848 'Scrappy Mike', A/C crashed near Evreux, FR. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 8078
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35152754 / O-761232
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Scrappy Mike
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
Evreux, FR | 13 August 1944 | Lost aboard B-17 43-37848 'Scrappy Mike', A/C crashed near Evreux, FR. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 8078 |
Born |
Chicago, Illinois, USA | ||
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Podington | 13 August 1944 | Assigned to 327BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial Colleville-sur-Mer, France Plot B Row 15 Grave 25 | ||
Goliad County, TX | Entereed the service from Goliad County, Texas. |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8078 / MACR 8078, , plane incident mentioned in Fred Koger's book Countdown: 35 Missions Against Nazi Germany / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database