Thomas T Drysdale Jr

Military

On 20 Jan 1944, B-24H 42-29182 overshot the runway on landing at Metfield on return from local training flight. RTD.



Joined 44 BG, 68 Sqd. 27 July 1944. Completed tour 25 November 1944.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.

44th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
B-24 Liberators of the 44th Bomb Group line up for takeoff at Shipdham in 1943. The 'Flying Eight-Ball' emblem of the 68th Bomb Squadron is visible on the nose of the leading aircraft. Image stamped with field press censor, 1943. Press Agency photograph- original printed caption has been removed.

68th Bomb Squadron

  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

41-29182

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
Webb Todd

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8th AF Losses / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia