Thomas Haynes Morrison
Military1-May-1942 Asssigned as a Waist Gunner on B-17 #41-24584 [GN Q] "Susfu", 303BG/427BS at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho. Arrived at Molesworth, UK aboard that aircraft on 22-Oct 42.
On 23 January 1943 in B-17F #41-24584 'Susfu' while serving as Waist Gunner the aircraft was shot down. He managed to bail out and was captured as a Prisoner of War (POW) for 29 months. Wounded in left elbow and both hands.
Participated in 5 Operations (1 was aborted) See Biography events.
EAME w/ 1 battle star/ PH/ AM/ POW
1 fighter
NOTE: Entry includes data from Paul Andrews, Project Bits N' Pieces.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 23 January 1943
- Date: 30 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 20 December 1942
- Date: 12 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 22 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Shelby, North Carolina | 29 September 1923 | |
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Other Assigned to Aircraft |
Boise, ID, USA | 1 May 1942 | Assigned as a Waist Gunner on B-17 41-24584 "Susfu", 303BG/427BS at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho. |
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Other Arrived in UK |
Molesworth, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK | 22 October 1942 | Arrived at Molesworth UK as a Wasit Gunner on B-17-41-24584 "Susfu", 303BG/427BS/. |
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Other Mission #1 SGT Thomas H. Morrision w/B-17F 41-24584, 303BG/427BS |
Lorient, France | 22 November 1942 | Served as Left Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24584 "Susfu", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France. RTB OK. |
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Other Mission #2 SGT Thomas H. Morrision w/B-17F 41-24584, 303BG/427BS - Aborted |
Rouen, France | 12 December 1942 | Served as Right Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24584 "Susfu", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Rouen, France, but mechanical failures forced the pilot to abort the sortie. |
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Other Mission #3 SGT Thomas H. Morrision w/B-17F 41-24610, 303BG/427BS |
Romilly-sur-Seine, France | 20 December 1942 | Served as Right Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24610 "BTFSPLK", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the German air depot at Romilly-sur-Seine, France. RTB OK. |
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Other Mission #4 SGT Thomas H. Morrision w/B-17F 41-24584, 303BG/427BS |
Lorient, France | 30 December 1942 | Served as Left Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24584 "Susfu", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France. RTB OK |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
23 January 1943 - 8 June 1945 | Held at Stalag 17B, Braunau-Gneikendorf (near Krems), Austria. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 8-Jun-45. | |
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Other Mission #5 SGT Thomas H. Morrision w/B-17F 41-24584, 303BG/427BS - POW |
Lorient, France | 23 January 1943 | Served as Right Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24584 "Susfu", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France. The aircraft was shot down by fighters but he managed to bale out and was captured as a Prisoner of War. |
Revisions
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity.
Lee Cunningham 9-Jan-2016. Corrected initial assigment to location and Assigned to Aircraft location per 303BG records, Gary Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/
Lee Cunningham 7-Jan-2016. Added Mission #5 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 23-Jan-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/011.pdf
Lee Cunningham 7-Jan-2016. Added Mission #4 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 30-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/008.pdf
Lee Cunningham 7-Jan-2016. Added Mission #3 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 20-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/007.pdf
Lee Cunningham 7-Jan-2016. Added Mission #2 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 12-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/006.pdf
Lee Cunningham 7-Jan-2016. Added Mission #1 evetn per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 22 Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/003.pdf
Lee Cunningham 7-Jan-2016. Added Arrived in UK event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Edward J. Broussard crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-427-broussard.html
Lee Cunningham 7-Jan-2016. Added Assigned to Aircraft event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Edward J. Broussard crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-427-broussard.html
Lee Cunningham 7-Jan-2016. Added initial assignement information to Summary Biography, amd connections to aircraft and all mission participation based on my research of Mission Reports of 303BG at their website, Gary Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/
Lee Cunningham 22-Jan-2015. Added SN per MACR 15571; Added POW event per National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database; made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data: Edited Biography and added cre position per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Document, Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 66, MACR 15571,
href="http://303rdbg.com/rost-m.html#M">http://303rdbg.com/rost-m.html#M> / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia