Thomas Kapp McDill
Military
Object Number - UPL 20782 - 1st Lt Thomas K McDill 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. P-51B 43-6633 VF-Q 'Little Mac;.
Assigned 336FS, 4FG 8AF USAAF. 30 combat missions. On an escort mission 15 miles NW of Stuttgart, shot down in P-51 43-6633 by Luftwaffe Leutnant Franz Koplik who was flying a Me109G-6. POW (Stalag Luft III, Sagan) MACR 5721.
Post war: Washington, DC 25 years with the National Transportation Safety Board. In the 1950's (DC-ANG) Air National Guard 113th FIS: Flew F-86s from Andrews AFB under ANG command of former 4th FG pilot Brigadier General Willard “Millie” Millikan.
Awards: SS, AM (3OLC), PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Hamilton OH | 12 May 1921 | Son of Thomas Clifford and Grace Antonia [Kapp] McDill. |
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Enlisted |
Patterson Field, Fairfield, OH | 28 July 1942 | Patterson Field, Fairfield, Ohio |
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Based Assigned |
Debden | 4 April 1944 - 25 May 1944 | Assigned 336FS, 4FG 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 25 May 1944 - 29 April 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III, Zagan. Latterly Stalag VII-A, Moosburg. |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
30 May 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
Gloucester Point, VA, USA | 28 October 1998 | |
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Buried |
Abingdon Episcopal Church Cemetery White Marsh, Gloucester County, VA | Abingdon Episcopal Church Cemetery White Marsh, Gloucester County, Virginia, USA. |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
- MACR 5721
MACR 5721 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
