Harry Floyd Thomas
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 57557 - Sgt Harry F Thomas, 493BG.
Assigned to 860BS, 493BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Merseberg in B-17 43-38316
2-Nov-44; severe flak and Me 262 fighters attacked plane. Pilot Joseph Gualano did eventually land plane in Belgium. Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: AM (4OLC), PH.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 860th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-690076
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Hank's Battle Wagon
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 860th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Hombourg, Belgium
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Erie, PA | 22 August 1918 | Son of Floyd David and Ida [Schwab] Thomas. |
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Died |
2 November 1944 | ||
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Buried |
Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial | 3 November 1944 | Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial Plot F, Row 16, Grave 32 |
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Based |
Debach | 2 November 1944 | Assigned to 860BS, 493BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Helton s Hellcats, A Pictorial History of the 493rd BG, pub 1998; ABMC, http://493bgdebach.co.uk/roster_list.php
