Thomas A Gose Jr
MilitaryOn return from a mission to Frankfurt on 4 Feb 1944, B-17G #42-31355 became a straggler and was shot down by flak. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Connections
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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
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 4 February 1944 | Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12 |
Revisions
Added POW camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a connection to Stalag Luft 1 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Removed the "Possible DUPLICATE" flag in the Nickname field and then removed the duplicate person.
Copied "Summary biography" from a Duplicate person as part of a merge operation of dup people so the dup person can be deleted.
Flagged as a "Possible DUPLICATE" in the Nickname field so an Admin can check out this person.
Fixed the name by moving "Jr" from the surname to the suffix and moving the last name from the middle name to the surname.
MACR 2198 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database