Charles A Tomlinson
MilitaryKilled 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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 480th Anti-Submarine Group 1st Anti-Submarine Squadron
Missions
- Date: 26 February 1943
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Brittany Cemetary
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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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
Lee Cunningham 22-J un-2015. Added decorations, KIA event, and Commemorated event per American Battle Monumnets Commission (ABMC) records.
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