Thomas Ambrose McMenamin
Military
Object Number - UPL 50757 - Tail of The Wolf with ball turret gunner Thomas McMenamin and ground crew chief Al Sokinks.
Assigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down by flak over the IP on a mission to Frankfurt on 4-Feb-44 in B-17 42-39803 'The Wolf'. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2235
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Wolf
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Chicago, IL | 24 December 1913 | Son of Thomas G and Catherine A McMenamin. |
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Enlisted |
Kalamazoo, MI | 25 September 1942 | Kalamazoo, Michigan |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 4 February 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
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Died |
Niles, MI | 3 January 1971 | |
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Buried |
Silverbrook Cemetery Niles, Berrien County, MI | 6 January 1971 | Silverbrook Cemetery Niles, Berrien County, Michigan |
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Based |
Bassingbourn | 4 February 1944 | Assigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources
Brought in information from duplicate record. Source:
MACR 2235 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2235, 8th AF Losses
