Thomas Everett Sumlin
Military
Rear L-R: Thomas Sumlin, David L York, William R Cauble, Myron F Boerschinger, Raymond J Bookout, Charles A Piper.
Front L-R: Harry W Casey, Chester Broyles Jr, Perry Wharton.
Object Number - UPL 47498 - B-24 42-7556, 579BS, 392BG, 8th AF. Joe Higgins Jr crew. Rear L-R: Thomas Sumlin, David L York, William R Cauble, Myron F Boerschinger, Raymond J...
Assigned to 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 29 April 1944 in B-24 41-28676. Prisoner of War (POW).
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Simsboro, LA | 13 December 1920 | Son of Robert Lee and Olive [Strain] Sumlin. |
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Enlisted |
Houston, TX | 19 September 1942 | Houston, Texas |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 29 April 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Salag Luft IV. |
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Other Baled out |
Dümmer, Germany | 29 April 1944 | Shot down 29 April 1944 in B-24 41-28676. POW. |
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Died |
30 September 1994 | ||
| Simsboro, Louisiana, USA | |||
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Based |
Hethel | 29 April 1944 | Assigned to 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Simsboro City Cemetery Simsboro, Lincoln Parish, LA | Simsboro City Cemetery Simsboro, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4494 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database