James McKenzie Thompson

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Colonel James M Thompson of the 448th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Col James M Thompson, CO 448BG, KIA 1/1/44.' media-380607.jpg FRE 1787 Colonel James M Thompson of the 448th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Col James M Thompson, CO 448BG, KIA 1/1/44.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 1787 - Colonel James M Thompson of the 448th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Col James M Thompson, CO 448BG, KIA 1/1/44.'

Commanding Officer of the 448th Bomb Group at Seething from May 1943 to April 1944. Declared Killed in Action (KIA) on 1st April 1944. Parachute failed to open from lead PFF aircraft 41-28763. Story detailed pp. 79-80 in 'Liberators Over Germany'.

 

Awards: DFC, AM, PH, (OLC), Croix de Guerre (French)

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Units served with

The insignia of the 448th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Groesbeck, Texas 1 January 1906 Exact dates not yet known1906Groesbeck, Texas

Other

Commanding Officer of 448th BG

1 May 1943 - 1 April 1944

Died

Killed in Action

Arras, France 1 April 1944 Killed in Action (KIA)Arras, France

Buried

Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial 1 January 1946 Re-InterredNormandy American Cemetery and MemorialColleville-sur-Mer, FrancePlot A Row 22 Grave 32

Buried

Memorialised

Faulkenberry Cemetery Groesbeck, Texas 1 January 1948 MemorialisedFaulkenberry CemeteryGroesbeck,  Texas

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MACR 3596

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Flagged as a "Possible DUPLICATE" in the Nickname field so an Admin can check out this person.

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Combined two entries for James M Thompson into a single entry. This entry now includes information from the following sources:
Combat Chronology Supplement p. 243 / 'The 448th BG (H): Liberators over Germany in World War II' by Brett / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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ABMC record: http://www.abmc.gov/search-abmc-burials-and-memorializations/detail/WWI…

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IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

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Seething Control Tower Museum: http://www.seethingtower.org/448-bomb-group.php (bottom of page)

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Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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