Thomas L Smith
Military
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UPL 48890
15-June-1944
Left to Right Top: David Appenzellar, Observer; Eddie Rosenburg, Navigator; Tom
Smith, Co-Pilot; Richard R Hruby, Pilot; Herman Flugman, Bombardier;
Doc Blanchard, Radio Operator/Gunner
L-R Bottom Robert Petkoff, Tail Gunner; Fount Bartley, Right Waist
Gunner; Lloyd Bartley, Left Waist Gunner; Cletus Clark, Top Turret
Gunner; Dog “Malfunction.”
Left to Right Top: David Appenzellar, Observer; Eddie Rosenburg, Navigator; Tom
Smith, Co-Pilot; Richard R Hruby, Pilot; Herman Flugman, Bombardier;
Doc Blanchard, Radio Operator/Gunner
L-R Bottom Robert Petkoff, Tail Gunner; Fount Bartley, Right Waist
Gunner; Lloyd Bartley, Left Waist Gunner; Cletus Clark, Top Turret
Gunner; Dog “Malfunction.”
Personal Photo
Shot down 29 April 1944 in B-24 41-29513. Returned to base.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32335390
- Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
- Role/Job: Instrument Specialist / Mechanic / Aerial Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Silver Haired Daddy
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: MDarling
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Sabrina III
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Okarche, Oklahoma |
Revisions
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources
Information from the 44th Bomb Group Loading Lists at Rootsweb via William Mulholland.
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor