Virgil E Thomson
Military
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Virgil E Thomson
Find A Grave Memorial# 56294948
Killed in Action (KIA), hit by flak, trying to get back to base their B-24 'Alfred' #42-7485, lost 3 engines but got them restarted, lost fuel and realized they might have to ditch in North Sea. Did make it back to land and crashed near Sheringham.
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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-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Alfred
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron 578th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Aircraft crash site
- Known as: Upper Sheringham Parish Church
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Died |
Pretty Corner, Upper Sheringham, Norfolk UK | 4 January 1944 | |
Born |
Alabama | ||
Buried |
Plot D Row 4 Grave 19 |
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Sources
Find A Grave Memorial# 56294948
American Battle Monuments Commission
http://www.usaafdata.com
http://www.b24.net/missions/MM010444.htm
http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Norfolk/UpperSheringham.html
ContributorAAM
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Sources
ABMC, Roll of Honor, 8th AF Losses, MACR 16033 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia