Richard J Thompson

Military

Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by flak and crashed near Marigny on 7/25/44 in B-24 Silver Streak #4295192

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-95192

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Silver Streak
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron

Places

Stalag XI-A

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 341, Stalag 11-A

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Gary, Indiana, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

France 25 July 1944

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Sources

Birsic/MACR 7841 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7841 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database