Thomas K Thompson Sr

Military
media-41409.jpeg UPL 41409 B-17F-BO*

*blocks 90/115, s/n 42-30XXX . This plane has sometimes been identified as a reconverted YB-40 Vega airframe, however it is a later Boeing airframe from 2Q43 or early 3Q43. TBC

Pictuer taken Circa November 1943 Theodore R Thurston bottom on the left of guy with the dog.
Do not know who the ground crew are.
I believe the rest of the crew is, "Names not in order"
Pilot: Winston James Tucker, Co-pilot: Carl R Carlson, Flight engineer/Top turret gunner: Richard Hanson Bragdon, Waist gunner: Cloe Redford Crutchfield, Tail gunner: Robert K Gailey, Bombardier/Toggler: Thomas Keith Johnson, Waist gunner: Lewis Arthur Kuhnz, Navigator: Joseph Barth Liebman, Radio operator/Gunner: David Blaine Stewart, Bombadier: Thomas K Thompson Sr, Ball turret gunner: Theodore R Thurston.

AAM

Object Number - UPL 41409 - B-17F-BO* *blocks 90/115, s/n 42-30XXX . This plane has sometimes been identified as a reconverted YB-40 Vega airframe, however it is a later...

Assigned to 327BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 27-Aug-43 in B-17 42-30617. Plane ditched in North Sea. Returned to duty (RTD).



Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.

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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 327th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18066072 / O-?
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Miss Billie
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Oklahoma, USA 28 December 1920

Enlisted

Dallas, TX 9 September 1942

Other

Ditched RTD

North Sea 27 August 1943 Shot down 27-Aug-43 in B-17 42-30617. Plane ditched in North Sea. Returned to duty (RTD).

Died

Dallas, TX 13 December 1999

Based

Alconbury Assigned to 327BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey p.255

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