Thomas Edmund Stevenson
MilitaryAssigned to 767BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF. Galvan crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Odertal oil refinery in B-24 41-28913; shot down by Fw190. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 10652
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 461st Bomb Group 767th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19103687 / O-672598
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 461st Bomb Group 765th Bomb Squadron 767th Bomb Squadron
Places
- 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
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Cerignola #3
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Philadelphia, PA | 1 April 1920 | Son of Edmond and Anna Stevenson. Brother to Richard and Anna Rita. |
Enlisted |
Philadelphia, PA | 30 March 1943 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Other Forced landing POW |
Roznava, Hungary | 17 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Odertal oil refinery in B-24 41-28913; shot down by Fw190. POW MACR 10652 |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 17 December 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
Other Discharged USAAF |
26 October 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
Langhorne, PA | 1 September 1987 | |
Buried |
Saint Stephens UCC Cemetery, Perkasie, PA | Saint Stephens UCC Cemetery Perkasie, Bucks County, PA | |
Based |
Torretta | 17 December 1944 | Assigned to 767BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF. |
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