Thomas Raymond Perkins

Military

Assigned 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

The insignia of the 92nd Bomb Group.
  • 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

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria

Events

Event Location Date Description

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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Sources

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