Robert D Thompson
Military
I am Susan Thompson, Robert Thompson's daughter. This is a family photo we have.
Object Number - UPL 62404 - Corporal Robert D. Thompson, 8th Air Force, 453rd Bomb Group, 735th Bomb Squadron
Was on board B-24 #42-52627 on 12 July 1944. Hit by Flak, put on fire, 2 engines out, forced to make an emergency landing 5km East of Ensisheim, Alsace, France. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 6936. Prisoner of War (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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-760532
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-768498
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38564158
- Highest Rank: Corporal
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37484991
- Highest Rank: Corporal
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19190778
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 5 July 1944
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 357, Stalag XI-D
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Cokeville, WY | 30 September 1924 | |
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Prisoner of war |
7 July 1944 - 13 May 1945 | POW in Stalag Luft IV (including 87 Day March) - July 12, 1944 until Liberation May 8, 1945. Aircraft Consolidated B 24 H “Stolen Moments” B 24 H #42-52627 8th Air Force 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron Aircraft Squadron Fuselage Code: H6 Tail Code: _ 42-52627. Shot down 7-21-44 on mission 112 Munich, Germany – Bad Wthr; Railway Yard-Saarbrucken near Ensisheim/Klass Germany | |
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Married |
20 December 1949 | Married Donna Jean Frey, Cheyenne, WY | |
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Died |
16 November 1993 | Died November 16, 1993. Phoenix, AZ |
Revisions
I am Susan Thompson, Robert D. Thompson's daughter. I know these facts to be true directly from my father as well as from the attached autobiography, 'Kriegie' - written by Leonard Lincoln who was my father's crew mate on the B-24 shot down. They spent the entire time as POW's in Germany together.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6939
