Thomas E Hammond

Military

Assigned 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

Ground personnel of the 97th Bomb Group reservice a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-9023) nicknamed "Yankee Doodle", following the raid on Rouen. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 18 Aug 1942.' [stamp], 'Air=SER (Boeing).' [written annotation] and '216112.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'U.S FLYING FORTRESSES RAID ROUEN IN DAYLIGHT. Associated Press Photo Shows: No sooner had one of the huge Fortresses landed after the raid than ground crew im
  • 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

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