Thomas O Drinkwater
MilitaryShot down during heavy fighter attacks and crashed S of Cloppenburg, GR on a mission to Klein Machnow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944 in B-17G 42-31051 'Goin' Jessies'. Prisoner of War.
POW
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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
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Goin' Jessies
- Unit: 349th Bomb Squadron 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Prisoner of war |
6 March 1944 | ||
Born |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
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Added an Association to “Thorpe Abbotts”, the home base of the 100th BG.
Added S/N per info on the 100th BG website.
ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3018, Losses of teh 8th & 9th Air Forces