Thomas Robert Murphy
MilitaryShot down 9 April 1944 in B-24 #42-52432. Evaded. Escape & Evasion Report E&E 585.
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31254148
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35451477
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32818617
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15334471
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Pennsylvania | 22 December 1922 | |
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Other Evaded capture (EVD) |
9 April 1944 - 25 April 1944 | After landing at the edge of the village of Hårslev, 3km NE of Venslev, Denmark, he was helped to Roskilde, together with his Co-Pilot George Reed. On 10 April, he took a taxi to Copenhagen. On 16 April he was put on a boat to Helsingborg, Sweden and contacted the British Legation. He arrived in Stockholm on 18 April and met a Military Air attaché. Left Stockholm by air on 25 April and landed in St Andrews, UK on the following day. | |
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Died |
13 July 1999 | ||
| Brooklyn, New York | |||
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Buried |
Thomas Murphy rests at the Santa Fe National Cemetery in Santa Fe, New Mexico |
Revisions
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources
MACR 3838
Escape & Evasion Report E&E 585
Veterans Affairs BIRLS death File
VA Gravesite Locator
ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3838 / MACR 3838 & Page 280 of the book LIBERATORS OVER NORWICH by Mackay, Bailry & Scorza, 2010, D790G4582010 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database