Thomas E Hammond
MilitaryAssigned 342BS, 97BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Linz tank works 25-Jul-44 unable to escape aircraft Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 7125
Awards: AM (OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 97th Bomb Group 342nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33022881 / O-667538
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 97th Bomb Group 342nd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Epinal American Cemetery
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
McCormick County, SC | 3 March 1924 | John Edward and Rubye Inez [Miller] Hammond. |
Enlisted |
Fort Jackson, Columbia SC | 7 April 1943 | Fort Jackson, Columbia SC |
Died |
Vicinity of Linz, Austria | 25 July 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Linz tank works 25-Jul-44 unable to escape aircraft Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 7125 |
Buried |
Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial | Tablets of the Missing Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial | |
South Carolina, USA | |||
Based |
Amendola | 25 July 1944 | Assigned 342BS, 97BG, 15AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Peace Haven Baptist Church Cemetery, Edgefield, SC | Memorialised Peace Haven Baptist Church Cemetery Edgefield County, SC |
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