Thaddeus William Tedrowe
Military
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UPL 30111
Thaddeus Tedrowe in later years at the controls of his ultra-light aircraft.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-693563
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11050850
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32326982
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 11 April 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA | 14 April 1920 | |
Enlisted |
Indianapolis, IN | 10 November 1941 | Fort Benjamin Harrison |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 11 April 1944 - 15 May 1945 | |
Died |
Tampa, FL, USA | 30 June 1998 | Thaddeus William Tedrowe, was a decorated World War II bomber pilot and a prisoner of war. After receiving his MBA from the University of South Florida, Thaddeus taught accounting and finance courses at Saint Leo in the late ’60s and early ’70s, and later became the head of the school’s business division. He was instrumental in making the Saint Leo military education program a reality at the Avon Park Bombing Range in 1973 and later at MacDill Air Force Base. After retiring in 1981, he regularly visited colleagues at the school and would fly his ultra-light plane into the Bowl to deliver his yearly donation |
Ballast Point, Tampa, FL 33611, USA |
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Sources
MACR 3839 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database