Charles A Tomlinson

Military

Killed in Action (KIA). Tomlinson arrived at St. Eval on November 27, 1942. On 26-Feb-43 in B-24D 41-23820, 480th ASG/1st ASS whiles serving as Pilot. The aircraft failed to return from an anti-shipping patrol over the Bay of Biscay. Empty dingies were found 75 miles northwest of Brest/ Obit Stolle of 8/JG2 in FW 190 claimed the loss. The anti submarine squadron was under administrative control of the 8th and operational control of RAF Coastal Command.



Air Medal, Purple Heart

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 480th Anti-Submarine Group 1st Anti-Submarine Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Killed in Action

English Channel 26 February 1943 Killed when aircraft was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea 75 miles north-west of Brest, France

Born

Richland County, South Carolina

Other

Commemorated

Saint-James, France Commemorted on the Wall of the Missing, Brittany American Cemetery

Revisions

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Sources

Lee Cunningham 22-J un-2015. Added decorations, KIA event, and Commemorated event per American Battle Monumnets Commission (ABMC) records.

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th and 9th AF Vol.1 by Bishop and Hey, p.81, WWII Memorial web site