Thomas H Hamm

Military
Captain Hamm & Crew UPL 76753 UPL 76753 “Good hunting, Bird!”
Your Buddy and cuzzin, Tom

1. “Hawkins”
2. “Bird Haid”
3. “Toilet Face”

This photo was in possession of my grandmother, the daughter of Thomas H. Hamm

On

Object Number - UPL 76753 - “Good hunting, Bird!” Your Buddy and cuzzin, Tom 1. “Hawkins” 2. “Bird Haid” 3. “Toilet Face”

Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 34 x combat missions. Flew all but five mission in B-17 42-97170 'Julie Mae'. ETD





Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15068797 / O-748485
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lynne Marie
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: No Body's Baby
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Landa
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
Ground personnel of the 379th Bomb Group work on a B-17 Flying Fortress (FR-H, serial number 42-38111) nicknamed "Mairzy Doats", April 1944. Image via Edmund H Lutz, 379th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'April 1944, my patched up B-17 "Mairzy Doats" on hardstand.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

North Carolina, USA 3 July 1916

Enlisted

Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Georgia 10 October 1942 Fort McPherson Atlanta Georgia

Other

Discharged USAAF

12 December 1945 Honourable discharged.

Died

Mansfield, OH 14 April 1980
Hall County, Georgia

Other

Promotion

Kimbolton, UK Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant between and 22nd and 25th July 44.

Based

Kimbolton Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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https://www.fold3.com/record/24740687-thomas-hamms
https://www.fold3.com/record/84054458-thomas-h-hamm
https://www.fold3.com/record/527891379-thomas-hamms-1916
379th Bombardment Group (H) Anthology, November 1942-July 1945
379th Bombardment Group Anthology, Volume 2: November 1942-July 1945

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
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https://www.fold3.com/record/24740687-thomas-hamms
https://www.fold3.com/record/84054458-thomas-h-hamm
https://www.fold3.com/record/527891379-thomas-hamms-1916
379th Bombardment Group (H) Anthology, November 1942-July 1945
379th Bombardment Group Anthology, Volume 2: November 1942-July 1945

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
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https://www.fold3.com/record/84054458-thomas-h-hamm
https://www.fold3.com/record/527891379-thomas-hamms-1916
379th Bombardment Group (H) Anthology, November 1942-July 1945
379th Bombardment Group Anthology, Volume 2: November 1942-July 1945

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ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

379th Bombardment Group (H) Anthology, 1942-45; p. 163. / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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