Thomas G Perry
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down 6 December 1942 in B-17 41-24553 'Cherry' while serving as Radio Operator. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Cherry
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 6 December 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Lille, France | 6 December 1942 | He was in the aircraft when it crashed. |
Buried |
Southern Cemetery, Lille, France | 12 December 1942 | Buried by the Germans in the Southern Cemetery at Lille, France. Exact location in this cemetery has not been determined. |
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
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Lee Cunningham 3-Dec-2014. Added detail to burial account per 'Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces' Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 8-Nov-2014. "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 52