Thomas R Kon
Military ROLL OF HONOURTop row, left to right: Alfred Rabo (Pilot), Fred Gilbert (Co-Pilot), Victor Prendinger (Navigator), Mike Berkowitz (Bombardier, with dig), William A Jones (Tail Gunner)
Bottom row, left to right; Edmund Gates (Flight Engineer), Charles Peterson (Ball Turret Gunner), "Johnson" (Waist Gunner), Thomas Kon (Radio Operator), Henry Kwaseske (Waist Gunner)
Photograph taken from Fold3, as well as crew positions in photo
Shot down by heavy flak just prior to the target of Klein Machnow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944 in B-17F #42-3491 'Chopstick-G George'. Killed in Action (KIA).
It is believed that at one point, T/Sgt. Kon served with the 422nd Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group, where he was a member of then-Lt. Rabo's crew. He had been overseas since 1942.
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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
- 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: 385th Bomb Group 551st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19036033 on enlistment, O-735978
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Group Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron 812th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-437585
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Squadron Commander, Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 4th Combat Bomb Wing
- Service Numbers: O-17164
- Highest Rank: Brigadier General
- Role/Job: Pilot, Combat Observer, Aircraft Observer
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 6 March 1944
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
East Monongahela, Pennsylvania, USA | 24 May 1922 | |
Enlisted |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA | 11 September 1941 | |
Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | Buried in Block A, Row 7, Grave 14 | |
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Berlin, Germany | 6 March 1944 |
Revisions
Added a cemetery to the Burial event per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 56359203.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3362 / MACR 3362, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces & page 28 in HISTORY OF THE OPERATIONAL PERIOD OF THE 482nd BOMBARDMENT GROUP, D790.G482.M6, 1944 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database