Trefry Abbott Ross

Military

Assigned to 765BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF. West crew. 10 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. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 10636



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

A B-24 Liberator of the 461st Bomb Group, 15th Air Force drops supplies over a Prisoner of War camp in Austria, May 1945. Handwritten caption on reverse: '9 May 1945, Last 'combat' mission of 461st BG to British POW camp near Villack, Austria. #33 flown by Lt John Stegman- 765th BS.'

461st Bomb Group

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

People

Thomas Kurtz West

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 461st Bomb Group 765th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20717506 / O-798711
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

44-41016

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 461st Bomb Group 765th 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

Torretta

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Cerignola #3

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Richmond, CA 5 January 1922

Enlisted

Sacramento, CA 14 December 1942 Sacramento, California

Other

Baled out POW

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. POW MACR 10636

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 17 December 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Other

Discharged USAAF

13 November 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

Tucson, AZ 29 December 1999

Buried

Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Arlington County, VA Section 4-N, Row 33, Site 5

Based

Torretta 17 December 1944 Assigned to 765BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF.

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http://www.461st.org/Crews/765th%20Crews/West.html
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49305345/trefry-a-ross