Thomas M Plese

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed at Bauscheim in B-24 #4250897. All who knew him called him 'Tommy'.Started out in the 448th Bomb Group and after Pathfinder training went to the 489th. Was leading a 20th Wing Mission when killed by direct flak burst on 9/9/1944- it would have been his 25th mission.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 448th Bomb Group.

448th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 489th Bomb Group.

489th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-50897

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 489th Bomb Group 847th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

9 September 1944 Buried Ardennes American Cemetery Liege Belgium. Plot C, ROW 21, Grave 2

Other

KIA 09/09 1944

Mainz, Germany 9 September 1944 - 9 September 1944 Killed while leading -as pathfinder -a 20th Bomb Wing stategic mission against the marshalling yards at Mainz Germany.
Amityville New York New York, Amityville Long Island. Father was Dentist. He was a student at St Joseph's Mountain School in Monticello NY & Columbia University New York. Remains not recovered until years later. His mother and father spent much time after the war searching in Germany. His mother was so distraught over his loss that she took her own life.

Revisions

Date
ContributorTollgate
Changes
Sources

MACR 8905
ABMC Memorial Liege Belgium
History Of The 489th Bomb Group -1989 by Charles H Freudenthal

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8905 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database