Thomas Robert Murphy
MilitaryShot down 9 April 1944 in B-24 #42-52432. Evaded. Escape & Evasion Report E&E 585.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11115616
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-123027
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32205911 at enlistment, then T-001541
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19071807 at enlistment, then O-807003
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19096186 at enlistment, then O-811138
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Bachelor's Paradise
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 9 April 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Pennsylvania | 22 December 1922 | |
Other Evaded capture (EVD) |
9 April 1944 - 25 April 1944 | After landing at the edge of the village of Hårslev, 3km NE of Venslev, Denmark, he was helped to Roskilde, together with his Co-Pilot George Reed. On 10 April, he took a taxi to Copenhagen. On 16 April he was put on a boat to Helsingborg, Sweden and contacted the British Legation. He arrived in Stockholm on 18 April and met a Military Air attaché. Left Stockholm by air on 25 April and landed in St Andrews, UK on the following day. | |
Died |
13 July 1999 | ||
Brooklyn, New York | |||
Buried |
Thomas Murphy rests at the Santa Fe National Cemetery in Santa Fe, New Mexico |
Revisions
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources
MACR 3838
Escape & Evasion Report E&E 585
Veterans Affairs BIRLS death File
VA Gravesite Locator
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3838 / MACR 3838 & Page 280 of the book LIBERATORS OVER NORWICH by Mackay, Bailry & Scorza, 2010, D790G4582010 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database