Warren Darrell Thomas
MilitaryShot down 10 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30272 'Fritz Blitz', Prisoner of War (POW).
Retired from the USAF with the rank of Chief Master Sergeant after serving in WW2, Korea and Vietnam.
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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 335th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16060366 / O-665661
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12045903 / O-?
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Assassin
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron 336th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Darlin' Dolly
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron 803rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: We Ain't Scared
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Fritz Blitz
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Sittin' Bull
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 335th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 24 June 1944
- Date: 10 October 1943
- Date: 9 October 1943
- Date: 8 October 1943
- Date: 4 October 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Valpairiso, NE | 12 April 1918 | |
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Enlisted |
Portland, OR | 19 May 1942 | |
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Other POW |
Stalag 17B, Krems/Gneixendorf, Austria | 15 October 1943 | Stalag 17B |
|
Died |
Walla Walla, WA | 27 March 1989 | |
|
Buried |
Weston, WA | 30 March 1989 | Weston Cemetery Weston, Umatilla County, Oregon, USA |
|
Other Shot Down/Caputred |
Haakbergen, Netherlands | 10 October 1943 | |
| Pendleton, OR | 311 North 7th Ave |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Contributor466thHistorian
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ContributorAAM
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1118 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database