John Cecil Thead
MilitaryShotdown by flak on 7/8/44 on mission to Vienna in B-17 #42-31813. A/C crashed near Varazdin, Yugo. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 6866.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 774th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Foggia Satellite #1, San Nicola-d'Arpi
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Clarke County, Mississippi, USA | 30 October 1914 | |
Enlisted |
Selma, AL | 31 October 1942 | Enlisted at Craig Field. |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
8 July 1944 | Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16 | |
Died |
Clarke County, Mississippi, USA | 4 November 1986 | |
Buried |
Clarke County, Mississippi, USA | 7 November 1986 | Stroud Cemetery |
Revisions
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Added POW camp information from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Contributorjmoore43
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Added person per information in MACR 6866 at Fold3.
https://www.fold3.com/image/29102361
Added Born, Died and Buried events per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 52241009.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52241009/john-cecil-thead