Thomas Gene Hearn
MilitaryShot down 30 December 1943 in B-17 #4230674 'Kathy Jane III. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Wounded and Shot down in Destiny's Tot (42-30674) NE of Paris 30Dec1943 on return from Ludwigshaven, Germany. Richard M. Smith (Pilot) and 6 others escaped, 3 wounded and taken prisioner. MACR#2024. Sent to Stalag 17B. Liberated around May 1945.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-680161
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Destiny's Tot | Cincinnati Queen | Kathy Jane III
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 30 December 1943
- Date: 20 December 1943
- Date: 16 December 1943
- Date: 13 December 1943
- Date: 5 December 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
Boston, MA, USA | 2 October 1942 | Enlisted 02Oct1942 |
Other Discharged |
27 September 1945 | Discharged 27Sept1945 | |
Born |
Stafford Springs, Stafford, CT, USA | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Gneixendorf, 3500 Krems an der Donau, Austria | 30 December 1943 |
Revisions
95thbg web site: under Aircraft History. Two missions with 42-30167, one with 42-30353 and the rest with Destiny's Tot 42-30674.
Richard M Smith Crew Photo, the booklet, "Hide-And-Seek With the German Army" by Richard M Smith, 95thBG web site
MACR#2024, the booklet, "Hide-And-Seek With The German Army" by Richard M Smith, 95thBG web site
MACR#2024, Richard M Smith Crew picture, the booklet, "Hide-And-Seek With The German Army" by Richard M Smith, 95thBG web site
MACR#2024, Richard M Smith Crew Photo, the booklet, "Hide-And-Seek With The German Army" by Richard M Smith, 95th BG web site
MACR#2024, Richard M Smith Crew Photo, 95thBG web site, the booklet, "Hide-And-Seek With The German Army" by Richard M Smith
MACR#2024, 95thBG web site, Richard M Smith Crew Photo, the booklet, "Hide-And-Seek With The German Army by Richard M Smith
MACR#2024, Richard M Smith Crew, the booklet, "Hide-And-Seek With The German Army by Richard M Smith, 95thBG web site
MACR#2024, Richard M Smith Crew picture, the booklet, "Hide-And-Seek With The German Army by Richard M Smith, 95thBG website
MACR#2024, Richard M Smith Crew Picture, the booklet, Hide-And-Seek With The German Army by Richard M Smith, 95thBG web site
MACR#2024, Richard M Smith Crew picture, Booklet "Hide-And-Seek With The German Army, by Richard M Smith, 95thBG web site
MACR#2024, List of POW's from Stalag 17B, As reported by pilot Richard M. Smith in his booklet, "Hide-And-Seek With The German Army"
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2024 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database