Thomas S Seay
Military
Object Number - UPL 26356 - 42-3049 "Windy City Challenger"
7 day-missions including first Schweinfurt. 7 night-missons with RAF. First bombs on Munich at night by 8th AF 2 October 1943. Shot down on night mission to Frankfurt on 4/5 October 1943 in B-17 #42-3091. Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft II, Stalag VIIA Moosburg.
AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ POW
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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-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 335th Bomb Squadron 422nd Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, USA | ||
|
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 4 October 1943 |
Revisions
Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" for readability.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 785 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / self, MACR 785
