Thomas F Bachom
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Object Number - UPL 28192 - This is my uncle Dude Bachom when he was 18, a year before he died.
Shot down 20 December 1942 in B-17 41-24566 'Zombie', 303BG/359BS while serving as Radio Operator on a mission to bomb the German air depot at Romilly-sur-Seine, France. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 15593. Participated in 4 Operations (1 was aborted). See Biography events.
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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
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Zombie
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 20 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 12 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 22 November 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 18 November 1942
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Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Assigned to Aircraft |
Alamogordo, NM 88310, USA | 23 June 1942 | Assigned as Radio Operator of B-17F 41-24566 "Zombie" at Alamogordo Field, Alamogordo, New Mexico. |
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Other Arrived in UK |
Molesworth, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK | 25 October 1942 | Arrived as the Radio Operator of B-17F 41-24566 "Zombie", 303BG/359BS at Molesworht, UK |
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Other Mission #1, TSGT Thomas E. Bachom, w/B-17F 41-24566, 303BG/359BS |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 18 November 1942 | Served as Radio Operator on B-17F 41-24566 "Zombie", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. RTB OK. |
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Other Mission #2, TSGT Thomas E. Bachom, w/B-17F 41-24566, 303BG/359BS |
Lorient, France | 22 November 1942 | Served as Radio Operator on B-17F 41-24566 "Zombie", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France. RTB OK. |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
20 December 1942 | Killed when the aircraft was attacked by German fighters and crashed into the English Channel near Dieppe, France. His remains were never recovered. | |
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Other Mission #4, TSGT Thomas E. Bachom, w/B-17F 41-24566, 303BG/359BS - MIA |
Romilly-sur-Seine, France | 20 December 1942 | Served as Radio Operator on B-17F 41-24566 "Zombie", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the German air depot at Romilly-sur-Seine, France. The aircraft sustained heavy damage from fighter and AA fire and crashed in the ENglish Channel on return. All crew lost. KIA. |
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Born |
Hollywood, California | ||
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Other Commemorated |
Neupré, Belgium | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Ardennes American Cemetery. | |
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Other Mission #3, TSGT Thomas E. Bachom, w/B-17F 41-24566, 303BG/359BS - Aborted |
Rouen, France | Served as Radio Operator on B-17F 41-24566 "Zombie", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Rouen, France, but mechanicla failures forced the pilot to abort the sortie. RTB OK. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 11-Dec-2015. Added Mission #4 event per 303BG website. Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 20-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/007.pdf
Lee Cunningham 11-Dec-2015. Added Mission #3 event per 303BG website. Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 12-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/006.pdf
Lee Cunningham 11-Dec-2015. Added Mission #2 event per 303BG website. Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 22-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/003.pdf
Lee Cunningham 11-Dec-2015. Added Mission #1 event per 303BG website. Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 18-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/002.pdf
Lee Cunningham 11-Dec-2015. Added Arrived in UK event per 303BG website, Gary MOncur, Historian, Orville S. Witt crrew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-359-witt.html
Lee Cunningham 11-Dec-2015. Added Assigned to Aircraft event per 303BG website, Gary MOncur, Historian, Orville S. Witt crrew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-359-witt.html
Lee Cunningham 11-Dec-2015. Edited Summary Biography and made connections to all mission participations per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Reports http://www.303rdbg.com/
Combined two entries into a single entry. This record now includes information from the following source: MACR 15708 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Lee Cunningham 4-Dec-2014. Added KIA event per MACR 15708, Added Commemorated event per American Barrle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15708, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Hey and Bishop p.55
