Thomas Kurtz West
MilitaryAssigned to 765BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF. 11 x combat mission. Failed to Return (FTR) Odertal oil refinery in B-24 44-41016; Hit by fighters, A/C set on fire and exploded. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 10636
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 461st Bomb Group 765th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Cerignola #3
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Yankton County, SD | 11 October 1916 | Son of Edwin and Emma West. |
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Enlisted |
Brookings, SD | 10 February 1941 | Brookings, South Dakota |
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Died |
Olomouc, Czech | 17 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Odertal oil refinery in B-24 44-41016; Hit by fighters, A/C set on fire and exploded. KIA MACR 10636 |
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Buried |
Hřbitov Troubky Troubky, Okres Přerov, Olomoucký, Czech | 18 December 1944 | Interred Troubky, Czech. |
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Based |
Torretta | 17 December 1944 | Assigned to 765BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF. |