Thomas W Crook Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOURJoined squad 12 November 1942. Shot down 27 January 1943 in B-24D #41-23776 'Spirit of '76' while serving as Left Waist Gunner. Killed in Action (KIA). Target was Wilhelmshaven, but weather conditions were poor. Plane was attacked by FW 190s, caught fire, exploded and crashed on Terschelling Island, Holland .
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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: Spirit of 76
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 2 February 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Terschelling, Netherlands | 27 January 1943 | Killed when aircraft was attacked by fighters and crashed on Terschelling Island, Holland. His remains were never recovered. |
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Born |
Pennsylvania | ||
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Other Commemorated |
Netherlands American Cemetery, 6269 NA Migraten, Netherlands | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Netherlands American Cemetery. |
Revisions
Added some punctuation to the A/C “Description” to aid readability.
Lee Cunningham 16-Feb-2015. Added SN & KIA event per MACR 15459; Added decorations and Commemorated event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record; Made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data; Added crew position and loss details to Biography 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 / Webb Todd, MACR 15459, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 68