Floyd Logan Thompson
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Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Bill Thomas crew. 25 x combat missions. ETD
7-Apr-43, B-17 #42-3090 'Taint-a-bird' force landed near Clonakilty, County Cork Ireland. Crew was safe. RTD
B-17 #42-3267 ditched in Bay of Biscay on 28-Jun-43. All on board returned. WIA
2nd tour with 414BS, 97 BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Brux, Czech in B-17 #42-97531 with John Cunningham crew; downed by flak 21-July-44. POW MACR 6950
Awards: DFC, AM (2 OLC), PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).
"The young Oklahoma man whose wartime exploits provided such riveting wartime reading passed away in 1980. Born in 1921, he was the son of Rosie and Auston Thompson. His grave stone in Del City, Oklahoma has carved B-17's on it and notation of his past as member of the Eighth Air Force and as a prisoner. Floyd fell prisoner to German guns on 21st July 1944. At this time he was flying with the 414th Bomb Squadron of the 97th Bomb Group. This unit was based in the Mediterranean area and Floyd may have volunteered for a second tour. Floyd's son Ronald E Thompson was killed in action as a US Marine in Vietnam in 1968."
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- 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: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-791163
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Wilder Nell II
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 92nd Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron 334th Bomb Squadron 525th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Hell-n-Back
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: T'aint A Bird II
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group Base Air Depot 1 334th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: T'aint A Bird
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group Base Air Depot 2 334th Bomb Squadron 359th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 28 July 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Madill, OK | 24 October 1921 | Son of Auston and Rosa Thompson. |
Died |
7 November 1980 | ||
Buried |
Sunny Lane Cemetery Del City, Oklahoma County, OK | 11 November 1980 | Sunny Lane Cemetery Del City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma |
Based |
Horham | Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
Based |
Amendola | 21 July 1944 | 2nd tour - Assigned to 414BS, 97BG, 15AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Combat Chronology Supplement, MACR 28 June 1943, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey pp. 101, 169 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor