Thomas Eugene Spradlin

Military

Assigned 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

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.
  • 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

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Winsome Winn II
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hell-n-Back
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th 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 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