Theodore R Thurston
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Object Number - UPL 41406 - Theodore R Thurston Staff Sergeant BTG, 327th BS/92nd BG Fames Favored Few, Alconbury, UK Circa 1943
Assigned to 327BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 27-Aug-43 in B-17 42-30617. Plane ditched in North Sea. Returned to duty (RTD).
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), BS, GC, WWII Victory, EAME.
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16095030
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17065197 / O-?
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16046920
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38222499
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18066072 / O-?
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Whittier, CA | 30 January 1922 | Son of Mae Thurston. |
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Enlisted |
Los Angeles, CA | 13 December 1941 | |
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Died |
Nevada | 13 October 2003 | |
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Buried |
Gardens Cemetery Fallon, Churchill County, NE | 18 October 2003 | Gardens Cemetery Fallon, Churchill County, Nebraska |
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Based |
Alconbury | Assigned to 327BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Insignia Authorization Card and Enlisted Record and Report of Separation Honorable Discharge paper work
From Enlisted Record and Report of Separation Honorable Discharge paper work
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey p.255