Thomas M Tate Jr

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UPL 78786 UPL 78786 Thomas M Tate Jr

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Object Number - UPL 78786 - Thomas M Tate Jr

Shot down by rockets fired by fighters on mission to Brunswick on 11 Jan 1944 in B-17G #42-31107. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 447th Bomb Group.

447th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-31107

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lady Jane
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron

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Events

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Died

11 January 1944

Born

West Plains, Missouri

Buried/ Commemorated

Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, California

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Notice of Internment

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Tommy was my uncle.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2513, 8th AF losses

Thomas M Tate: Gallery (3 items)

Object number: UPL 27061 - Thomas Tate Jr. from Obituary

Object number: UPL 28461 - Thomas M Tate Jr