Thomas Norton Martin

Military

Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 30 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Madgeburg mission in B-17G 42-97890 'Queen of Spades' A/C Crashed at Niederdodeleben. Prisoner of War (POW). 28-Sep-44. MACR 9364.



Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.

379th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Charles David Rutledge

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15171461 / O-815242
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

Major Alex B. Andrews, an 8th Air Force HQ special observer, in the cockpit of a damaged B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Lil Satan" of the 379th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '379 BG. 25/6/44, 245. Alex B. Andrews, B/Gen USAF (ret.), Box 2627, Raleigh NC, USA.'

42-97890

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Queen of Hearts Lil Satan
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron

Missions

652

  • Date: 28 September 1944

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Scarbro, WV 5 May 1924 Son of James Arthur and Lydia Evelyn [Brown] Martin.

Other

Baled out POW

Niederdodeleben, Germany 28 September 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Madgeburg mission in B-17G 42-97890 'Queen of Spades' Crashed at Niederdodeleben. POW 28-Sep-44. MACR 9364.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 28 September 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Died

Oak Hill, WV 25 June 1972

Based

Prisoner of War (POW)

Kimbolton 28 September 1944 Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.

Enlisted

Roanoke Virginia Enlistment Date: 14 Dec 1942

Buried

High Lawn Memorial Park, Oak Hill, WV High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill, Fayette County, WV

Revisions

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Sources

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https://www.fold3.com/image/608666458
https://www.fold3.com/record/83873227-thomas-n-martin
http://www.8thairforce.com/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/196602216/thomas-norton-martin

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9364 / MACR 9364, 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 325 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database