Thomas Raymond Perkins
MilitaryAssigned to 327BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Bochum, Germany in B-17 42-5801 12-Aug-43; A/C hit by Fw190's, belly landed. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 656
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Post war: Died non Battle 6-Sep-45.
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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: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron 327th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16052088 / O-792103
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Flak Happy
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 94th Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron 333rd Bomb Squadron 410th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 12 August 1943
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Crittenden County, KY | 2 February 1920 | Son of George Elliott and Lottie Arvella G [Mosley] Perkins. 2-Feb-21 on grave marker. 2-Feb-1920 on MACR and draft registration. |
Enlisted |
Evansville, IN | 31 July 1942 | |
Other Belly landed POW |
20 miles south of Rotterdam | 12 August 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Bochum, Germany in B-17 42-5801 12-Aug-43; A/C hit by Fw190's, belly landed. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 656 |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Krems-Gneikendorf, Austria | 12 August 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft XVIIIb. |
Died |
6 September 1945 | ||
Based Prisoner of War (POW) |
Podington | 12 August 1943 | Assigned to 327BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Mexico Baptist Cemetery, Marion, KY | Mexico Baptist Cemetery Mexico, Crittenden County, KY |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 656 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database