Thomas Augustas Goode

Military

Assigned to 772BS, 463BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti 19-Aug-44 flak, crashed Ploesti; Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 9717.



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-5287) of the 463rd Bomb Group, 15th Air Force in flight with open bomb bay doors. Handwritten caption on reverse: '463 BG Gills.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 772nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18076318 / O-756229
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Berlin Sleeper III
  • Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 772nd Bomb Squadron

Places

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-5287) of the 463rd Bomb Group, 15th Air Force in flight with open bomb bay doors. Handwritten caption on reverse: '463 BG Gills.'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Foggia Satellite #1, San Nicola-d'Arpi
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Terrell, TX 5 November 1914 Son of John Thomas and Clara [Adams] Goode.

Enlisted

Fort Sill, OK 11 December 1941

Other

Baled out POW

Ploesti 19 August 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti 19-Aug-44 flak, crashed Ploesti; POW MACR 9717.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 19 August 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Other

Discharged USAAF

27 July 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

Whitehouse, TX 13 February 2001

Based

Celone 19 August 1944 Assigned to 772BS, 463BG, 15AF USAAF.