Thomas Milton Houser

Military

Assigned to 853BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF. John Kenney crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Swabische Hall. Crashed Sermenstedt in B-24 'Ain't Bluffing' 44-40246 Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 8861



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

A Pathfinder B-24 Liberator (V2-P+, serial number 42-51691) of the 491st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '491 BG supplying troops at Arnhem, Sept 1944.'

491st Bomb Group

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

People

John Douglas Kenney

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: T-190888
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

"Movement of Unit Flight Echelon, 491st Bomb Gp (H), dd 14 Mar 44 & amendments thereto dd 18 Unr 44 & 22 Mar 44 & 2nd AF Memo 35-2, dd 11 Apr 44• This is a TEMPORARY change of station.

44-40246

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Aint Bluffing
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Corpus Christi Nueces, TX 1 August 1919 Son of George Richard and Lillie May [Murray] Houser.

Enlisted

San Antonio, TX 10 June 1942 San Antonio, Texas

Other

Baled out POW

Sermenstedt, Germany 13 September 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Swabische Hall. Crashed Sermenstedt in B-24 'Ain't Bluffing' 44-40246 POW MACR 8861

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 13 September 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Died

Sinton, TX 24 January 2002

Buried

Sinton Cemetery, Sinton, San Patricio County, TX 27 January 2002 Sinton Cemetery Sinton, San Patricio County, Texas

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Metfield 13 September 1944 Assigned to 853BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8861 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database