Thomas Leo Toolin

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-30977.jpeg UPL 30977 1LT Thomas Leo Toolin
Bombardier
Chaffin & Eccleston Crew
388th BG - 561st BS
KIA 20 December 1943

Object Number - UPL 30977 - 1LT Thomas Leo Toolin Bombardier Chaffin & Eccleston Crew 388th BG - 561st BS KIA 20 December 1943

Shot down 20 December 1943 in B-17 #4231084 on mission to Bremen. Killed in Action (KIA).







Earlier 24 November 1943 crash landed while on a cross-country training flight in B17#42-37844. RTD

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot / Squadron Commander
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-794648
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-3262) nicknamed "Sweetheart" of the 388th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '388th BG. 23262.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sweetheart
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Just AG
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Providence, RI, USA 10 October 1941

Died

Bremen-Vegesack, Bremen, Germany 20 December 1943

Buried

6280 Højer, Denmark 21 July 1944 The body of bombardier T.L. Toolin was washed ashore at Emmerlev Klev (maybe about here, overview here). On 21 July 1944 he was buried in the cemetery (in Højer) by the Wehrmacht without ecclesiastical assistance. The rest of the crew, 9 men, appear to have perished." (FAF)

Born

Providence, Rhode Island

Buried

Cranston, RI, USA Saint Ann Cemetery • Cranston, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA Plot Section 21, Lot 1408

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3154, Losses of 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey pp. 381, 429

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