Robert Charles Thoman
Military
Captain Richard Charles Thoman - Pilot
365th Fighter Group - 386th Fighter Squadron - 9th AF
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Object Number - UPL 46781 - P-47D-22-RA #42-26264 "My Cherie!" Code: D5-W Captain Richard Charles Thoman - Pilot 365th Fighter Group - 386th Fighter Squadron - 9th AF
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Units served with
![Lieutenant Colonel Louis Houck of the 365th Fighter Group wearing a flying helmet with devil horns in the cockpit of his P-47 Thunderbolt nicknamed "Screamin' Weemie". Image stamped on reverse: 'Keystone Press.' [stamp]. Printed caption on reverse: 'AMERICAN FLYER WEARS "DEVIL'S HELMET" Lieutenant Colonel Louis Houck, 27, commander of a Ninth US Air Force fighter group, waves for contact after donning his "devil's helmet" for a mission against the Nazis. The flyer calls his plane "Screaming' Weemie". Keys](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-456675.jpg.webp?itok=5tRnsRWh)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Fontanay-Sur-Mer
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Chièvres Air Base
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Florennes / Juxaine
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Rochester, NY | 30 November 1921 | |
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Died |
Palm Coast, Florida | 29 August 1997 | ORMOND BEACH - Robert Charles Thoman, 75, of Tree Top Trail, who retired as senior vice president for the Federal Reserve Bank, New York, after 33 years of service, died Thursday at Beverly Health and Rehabilitation Center, Palm Coast. Mr. Thoman, an Army-Air Corps veteran of World War II, was born in Rochester, N.Y., and came here in 1987 from New Hartford, N.Y. He was a graduate of the University of Rochester, the Columbia University Graduate School of Business and Rutgers School of Banking. He was a member of the Delta Upsilon Fraternity and the Plantation Bay Men's Association. Survivors include his wife, Darryl; and a son, Gregg, Utica, N.Y. Craig, Palm Coast, is in charge. |
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Buried |
Flagler Beach, Florida | 31 August 1997 | Craig-Flagler Palms Memorial Gardens Flagler Beach, Flagler County, Florida, USA |
| Rochester, NY | 204 Bartlett Street Worked for Lincoln Alliance Bank | ||
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Other Assigned to the 365th FG |
Azeville, France |
