Thomas D Ledgerwood
MilitaryThomas Ledgerwood was Pilot of B-17 #42-29985 'Barrel House Bessie' when it was shot down on return from the Bremen mission on 8 October 1943. Prisoner of War (POW). Thomas Ledgerwood stayed in the Air Force after the war. Serving in Korea, he ended his military career as a Lieutenant Colonel in the USAF on 28 February 1966.
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19091035
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Bombardier, Bombardier; Togglier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-749456
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12095603
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Aircraft
Missions
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
1 September 1920 | in Wetumka, Hughes County, Oklahoma, the son of James L. and Minnie B. Ledgerwood | |
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Enlisted |
17 December 1941 | as a Private in the Air Corps at Camp Berkeley, Texas | |
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Other Bailed out |
8 October 1943 | of B-17 42-29985 over Germany | |
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Other captured |
8 October 1943 | after landing in parachute, in the area of Handrup / Lingen, Germany | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
8 October 1943 | Interned at Stalag Luft 3, Sagan, Poland. Force-marched from there to Stalag 7A, Moosburg, Germany where liberated on 29 April 1945 by US troops. NARA WWII POW records : "Returned to Military Control 12 June 1945." | |
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Died |
28 May 2003 | Norman, Cleveland County, Oklahoma | |
| Wetumka, Hughes County, Oklahoma | |||
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Buried |
Thomas Ledgerwood rests at the Wetumka Cemetery, Wetumka, Hughes County, Oklahoma |
Revisions
MACR 868
US CENSUS 1930
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
VETERANS' BIRLS files
306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition; MACR 868 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia