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2nd Lt Thomas Boggan was Bombardier on board of B-24H-25-FO, 42-95043, hit by Flak over France on the 1 August 1944 mission. The plane made it back to England but crashed (see the 42-95043 page). Boggan bailed out over France and, with the help of French citizens and members of the Resistance, he was hidden in the Fréteval Forest near Châteaudun, France. Leaving the camp on the approach of Allied forces, he was liberated when he met US troops at Mondoubleau. Escape & Evasion Report E&E 1090.
See his page at https://www.evasioncomete.be/fboggantl.html
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Waist Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
Herman was involved in a mission directed at the Airdrome at Melun, France on 1 August 1944. His bomber was damaged heavily but managed to return to England and was ditched in the Thames River. Herman was severely injured and died at a civilian...
Military | 93rd Bomb Group
Military | 93rd Bomb Group
Military | 93rd Bomb Group
Military | Captain | Co-Pilot | 93rd Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) 12 October 1944 Crashed at Osnabruck in B-24 #4250606
AM w/ 2 Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | 93rd Bomb Group
Military | 93rd Bomb Group
Group
The 93rd Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated 1 Mar 42 at Barksdale Field, Louisiana. On 15 May 42. the Group moved to Ft. Myers, Florida, to continue advanced flight training and also to fly antisubmarine patrols over the Gulf of Mexico. They...
Squadron
B-24 Liberator
Consolidated Liberator B-24H-25-FO, 42-95043, "Lindie" ("Satan Strikes Back"?) was damaged by Flak above Northern France on return from the 1 August 1944 mission. Pilot Paul L. Mathison managed to bring the plane back to England. The Liberator crashed...
1 August 1944
Military site : airfield
Planned as an RAF bomber airfield, Hardwick was used first by the 310th Bomb Group, equipped with B-25 Mitchells. B-24 Liberators of the 93rd Bomb Group moved in briefly in March 1943, then returned in June 1943 remaining until the end of the war and...
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| Born | 11 February 1917 | |
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McComb, Pike County, Mississippi |
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| Lived in | 1940 | |
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Marrero, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana |
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| Bailed out | 1 August 1944 | |
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of B-24 Serial 42-95043 over France |
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| Evaded capture | France | 1 August 1944 – 14 August 1944 |
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Helped by French citizens and members of the Resistance. Liberated by US troops. |
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| Buried | 1980 | |
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Thomas Boggan rests at the Hollywood Cemetery, McComb, Pike County, Mississippi |
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| Died | 3 March 1980 | |
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Westwego, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 15 April 2022 10:39:28 | ED-BB | Changes to middlename, service number, highest rank, role, biography, events, person associations, unit associations, place associations and mission associations |
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MACR 8234 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:26:03 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / roster |
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