Thompson E Anderson
MilitaryPrisoner of War (POW) Shot down by flak and crashed near Erneghem on 7/1/44 in B-24 #4252758
POW
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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: Swingtime in the Rockies, Gin Mill Jill
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 835th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Phoenix, Arizona, USA | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
France | 1 July 1944 | Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16 |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources
Added POW camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6771 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database