Arnold Lee Thompson

Military

Assigned to 360BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. Took off from Molesworth on slow timing flight in B-17 42-37757. Landing gear failed upon approach so wheels-up landing made on grass. RTD. 10-Dec-43.



Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.

303rd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-37757

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Morgan County, AL 14 January 1920 Son of Oscar J and Gertha M Thompson.

Enlisted

Fort McPherson, Atlanta, GA 13 March 1942

Died

Tuscumbia, AL 22 August 1989
Hartselle, AL Occupation at time of draft registration; Acetylene Burner.

Based

Molesworth Assigned to 360BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Colbert Memorial Gardens, Tuscumbia, AL Colbert Memorial Gardens Tuscumbia, Colbert County, AL Plot: Masonic Garden

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://303rdbg.com/rost-tuv.html#T">http://303rdbg.com/rost-tuv.html#T> Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I, p. 412