Thomas E Creevy
MilitaryAssigned to 857FS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred 2nd Scouting Force, 8AF USAAF. On a training mission of 9-Jun-45, Lt Creevy was performing acrobatics when his plane got out of control and crashed near Podington Airfield England. Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
![Ground crew of the 356th Fighter Group congratulate the pilot of a P-47 Thunderbolt nicknamed "Zombie" at Martlesham Heath air base. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'ZOMBIE yellow, black outline. [illegible text] black white common practice of 361st FS.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-377162.jpg.webp?itok=Cj8CR9kY)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 339th Fighter Group 356th Fighter Group 361st Fighter Squadron 504th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: North Pick
![P-51 Mustangs of the 355th Fighter Group break formation, ready for landing, over the ground support vehicles and control tower of Steeple Morden Airfield. Image signed on reverse with the approval of station censor. Handwritten caption on reverse: '355 FG Steeple Morden, Control Tower, read crew + P41 [sic] group peeling off for landing.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-377141.jpg.webp?itok=zxxvSLfB)
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Chicago, IL, USA | 25 August 1922 | Son of Joseph B and Irma [Cassell] Creevy |
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Enlisted |
Lafayette, IN, USA | 8 July 1942 | Lafayette, IN. |
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Based |
Steeple Morden | 16 May 1945 - 9 June 1945 | Transferred 2nd Scouting Force, 8AF USAAF. |
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Died |
Podington, Wellingborough NN29 7HS, UK | 9 June 1945 | On a training mission of 9-Jun-45, Lt Creevy was performing acrobatics when his plane got out of control and crashed near Podington Airfield England. Killed in Action (KIA). |
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Buried |
10 June 1945 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial | |
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Buried |
6072, 6001 W 111th St, Alsip, IL 60803, United States | 20 July 1948 | Re-Interred Holy Sepulchre Cemetery Alsip, Cook County, IL |
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Based Transferred |
North Pickenham | 16 May 1945 | Assigned to 857FS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. |
| St Joseph County, IN, USA |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources
356 FG Assoc data / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list