Thomas Rees Cramer
MilitaryJoined Sqd 10 April 1942. ETO/Flight Echelon 2 October 1942. On 15 February 1943, B-24 41-23800 'The Captain and the Kids' was hit by flak at the start of a bomb run putting an engine out of action. FW 109s put out another engine then over the sea a 3rd engine burst into flames. Cpt Cramer made a wheels up landing at Sandwich Flats on Kent coast. 3 were Killed in Action (KIA) but 7 were returned successfully.
Promoted to C.O. 14 May 1943.
Detached Service/Benghazi 26 June 1943.
Killed in Action (KIA) 2 July 1943 (Lecce). Pilot: Peterson.
DFC, 3 Air Medals, Purple Heart
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: The Captain and the Kids
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 15 February 1943
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Returned to Duty (RTD) |
Sandwich, UK | 15 February 1943 | Aircraft sustained damage from flak and fighters on mission to Dunkirk, France, but managed to make a wheels up landing at Sandwich Flats, Kent. |
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Died |
2 July 1943 | ||
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Born |
Washington DC | ||
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Buried |
Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 17-Feb-2015. All additions and changed to information based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://8thairforce.com/44thbg/search/perlastname.asp
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Webb Todd, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey, p.77, National WWII web site, 44th BG Roll of Honor and Casualties by Lundy pp. 48-49