Thomas Eugene Spradlin
MilitaryAssigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. 12 x combat missions. George Tyler crew. Shot down 6-Sep-43 in B-17 42-30300 'Hell-n-Back'. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR ?
Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-791163
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
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 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Page, WV | 3 August 1919 | Son of Mary P Spradlin. |
Enlisted |
Camp Lee, VA | 26 March 1942 | Camp Lee, Virginia |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Krems an der Donau, Austria | 6 September 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag XVIIb. |
Died |
Nederland, TX | 25 November 1998 | |
Buried |
Oak Bluff Memorial Park Port Neches, Jefferson County, TX | 28 November 1998 | Oak Bluff Memorial Park Port Neches, Jefferson County, Texas |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 546 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database