Thomas E Cannon | American Air Museum

Thomas E Cannon jr

Military

Cannon was Radiooperator in 47th TCS. He flew all known combat missions except Giant 2. The first operations in 42-5702. On D-day he was in 42-23386

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Units served with

Personnel prepare to board a C-47 Skytrain (serial number 42-100646) of the 313rd Troop Carrier Group at Nordholz. Image via John Quincy.

313th Troop Carrier Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Type Category: Troop Carrier

47th Troop Carrier Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Ninth Air Force

Aircraft

42-5702

Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
Unit: 313th Troop Carrier Group 47th Troop Carrier Squadron

Places

C-47 Skytrains of the 313th Troop Carrier Group line up for take off at Folkingham. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'C-47s, 313 TCG, Folkingham, Sept 1944. D. Benfield. Air 9th Endpapers.'

Folkingham

Site type: Airfield

Revisions

Date11 Jul 2020 14:58:34

ContributorLars K

Changes

Sources

47th TCS Diary