Thomas Joseph Tracy
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 349th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Aircraft
Events
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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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Other 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. |
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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