Halcott Thomas
Military | Captain | Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
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Millard E McGowan Jr
Military
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Halcott B. Thomas Crew 95th BG - 335th BS Standing Left to Right: Gene C. Grime (R/O), Billy C. Ferguson (FE), Millard E. McGowan, Jr. (TG), Fred W. Miller (WG) Kneeling Left to Right: Halcott B. Thomas (P), Benjamin F. Hathaway (B), Bily P. Decherniss (BTG), Donald B. Flygstad (N), Max Bunin (CP) This was largely the crew that Halcott Thomas finished his tour with, though his original crew had a sunstantially different composition. The crew in the photo had been the Jammie Philpott crew
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Jammie Philpott Crew 95th BG - 336th BS This crew became the Halcott B. Thomas Crew after about 15 missions. Standing Left to Right: Jammie M. Phipott (P), Benjamin F. Hathaway (B), Billy P. Decherniss (RN), Donald B. Flygstad (N) Kneeling Left to right: Frew W. Miller (WG), Billy C. Ferguson (FE), Gene C. Grime (R/O), Millard E. McGowan (TG)
Service
Units served with
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95th Bomb Group
Group
The 95th Bomb Group was the only Eighth Air Force Group to be awarded three Distinguished Unit Citations. The first, shared by all four Bomb Wing Groups, was for the bombing of an aircraft factory under intense enemy fire at Regensburg on 17 August... -
336th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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42-102450 'Paisano'
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 4/3/44; Kearney 22/3/44; Dow Fd 7/4/44; Assigned 96BG Snetterton 7/4/44; transferred 336BS/95BG Horham 8/4/44; with W. G. Helm force landed A-71 Clastres, France 29/12/44; 85m, Missing in Action Chemnitz 3/3/45 with Bob Duncan, Co... -
42-97992 'Hap Hazard' 'Trouble Buggy'
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Dallas 26/4/44; Langley 24/6/44; Dow Fd 15/7/44; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-Q] Horham 16/7/44 HAP HAZARD; 336BS [OE-G]; 412BS [QW-Q]; with W. Hatheway, Navigator: Gene Petrocene (Killed in Action), obs-D.A. Pomeroy (Wounded in Action) and Xn... -
43-38617 New York Express
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 24/8/44; Hunter 7/9/44; Dow Fd 18/9/44; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-Q] Horham 19/9/44; with W.N. Dunwoody force landed Raydon afb, Suffolk 10/1/45; 80m, Returned to the USA Bradley 24/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 28/6/45;... -
44-8040
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Tulsa 14/5/44; Dallas 14/6/44; Langley 6/7/44; Grenier 3/8/44; Assigned PFF 335BS/95BG [OE-N] Horham 5/8/44; 412BS [QW-N]; 36m, sal 8/6/45. 13TH JINX. -
44-8144 Hell's Belle
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Dallas 27/6/44; Langley 27/7/44; Dow Fd 4/8/44; Assigned 335BS/95BG [OE-O] Horham 10/8/44; 336BS [ET-O], then 412BS [GW-O]; with W.V. Owen force landed Framlingham afb, Sfk 25/12/44; battle damaged Hamburg 30/3/45 with E.R. Parrish[wia];... -
44-8210 Sweetheart of Seattle
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Dallas 11/7/44; Langley 8/8/44; Dow Fd 12/9/44; Assigned 332BS/94BG [XM-Z] Rougham 14/9/44; transferred 335BS/95BG [OE-J] Horham 11/44; with L.W. Jensen, Radio Operator: Paul Rupard, Waist gunner: - Olson [2wia] 24/2/45; 53m, RetUS,... -
44-8230
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Dallas 17//7/44; Langley 18/4/44; Hunter 10/9/44; Grenier Fd 18/9/44; Assigned PFF 334BS/95BG [BG-M] Horham 20/9/44; 41m, transferred 349BS/100BG [XR-A] Thorpe Abbotts, then 418BS [LD-Q]; sal 6/5/45; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation ... -
44-8272
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Dallas 27/7/44; Lincoln 17/8/44; Grenier 3/9/44; Assigned 1377 AAF Base Unit detailed UK, via Goose Bay, Lab.; on 3/9/44 with Joe Arwood, Co-pilot: Walt Johnson, Navigator: Bill Fowler, Bombardier: Clarry Counsell, Flight engineer/top turret... -
44-8364
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Dallas 25/8/44; Langley 4/9/44; Grenier 10/10/44; Assigned 335BS/95BG [OE-W] Horham 12/10/44; 21m, Salvaged 9AF Germany 10/5/46. -
44-8548
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 17/10/44; Hunter 2/11/44; Dow Fd 3/12/44; Assigned 351BS/100BG [EP-H] Thorpe Abbotts 6/12/44; as PFF transferred 412BS/95BG [QW-K] Horham 8/12/44; taxi accident on base with Bob Parker 24/2/45; 22m, RetUS, Reconstruction Finance...
Missions
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674
12 October 1944
Black Week -
685
22 October 1944
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688
25 October 1944
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691
28 October 1944
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725
26 November 1944
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745
10 December 1944
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764
27 December 1944
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772
31 December 1944
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785
7 January 1945
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789
10 January 1945
Associated Place
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Horham
Military site : airfield
Horham airfield was planned and built for RAF use, but handed over to the Eighth Air Force and used initially by the 47th Bomb Group. When they joined the Twelfth Air Force in January 1943, it became home to the B-26 Marauders of the 323rd Bomb Group....
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| 95th BG Combat Tour | Horham, UK | 12 October 1944 – 11 April 1945 |
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 20 July 2020 17:14:55 | 466thHistorian | Changes to service number, highest rank, role, events, place associations, aircraft associations and mission associations |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:20:15 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://95thbg.org/95th_db_pages/left_formation_code/gethonoroll.php |
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