Thomas Joseph Tracy

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-39704.jpeg UPL 39704 Sam Peak crew. Photo taken spring 1944 at Alexandria Air Base in Alexandria, Louisiana.
Front Row L to R: Samuel L. Peak, Victor R. Romasco, Thomas J. Tracy, Allen Osterberg. Back Row L to R: Murl F. Simmons, Richard Oberlin, Frank A. Welke Jr., Robert F. Scharff, Redin R. Kilpatrick, Max L. Rockey.
Kilpatrick and Tracy not assigned with 534th BS.

Photo courtesy of Allen Osterberg family and Delta County Historical Society

Object Number - UPL 39704 - Sam Peak crew. Photo taken spring 1944 at Alexandria Air Base in Alexandria, Louisiana. Front Row L to R: Samuel L. Peak, Victor R. Romasco, Thomas...

Shot down 24 May 1944 in B-17 42-102624. Killed in Action (KIA).



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Units served with

Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16066442
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19061304
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35646554
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33596487
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Inverkeithing, Scotland 23 April 1923 Family emigrated to New York later that year. Grew up and lived in Rochester until the war.

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Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 24 May 1944 B-17 #42-102624 took off from Thorpe Abbotts Air Field, England on a bombing mission over Berlin, Germany. They were attacked and hit by German Aircraft and crashed near Fahrenkrug, two miles North of Rotenhaln, Holstein, Germany during the war.

Buried

Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Plot B Row 15 Grave 15

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5170 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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