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Thomas Wilson PEARCE
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| NUMBER OF SERVICE | O-668757 | ||||||
| AGE | 27 yo | ||||||
| DATE OF BIRTH | 26 March 1917 Clarksburg, Ross County, OHIO | ||||||
| ETAT | New Holland, OHIO | ||||||
| FAMILY |
Parents: Hallard & Amy Garrison PEARCE Siblings : Mildred R, Roy Hallard & Kenneth Earl | ||||||
| RANK | 1st Lieutenant | ||||||
| FONCTION | Bomber | ||||||
| JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT | Sales clerks |  | |||||
| DATE of ENLISTEMENT | 3 April 1942 Lockbourne Aab Columbus OHIO | ||||||
| REGIMENT SQUADRON | 838th Bomber Squadron | ||||||
| DIVISION GROUP | 487th Bomber Group | ||||||
| ARMY | 4th Combat Bombardment Wing - 3rd Bombardment Division | ||||||
| 8th US Air Force | |||||||
| DATE OF DEATH | 12 May 1944 |  | |||||
| STATUS | KIA | ||||||
| PLACE OF DEATH | Gaubert - Cne de Guillonville - CHATEAUDUN | ||||||
| DATA PLAN |
B-24 Liberator - Type H-15-FO «Blow Job »
Macr n° 4783 Mission: Bombardment of Troyes ( Aube ) 13 Bombers Takeoff May 11, 1944 Shot by hunters at 14:22
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| CEMETERY | NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville | ||||||
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| DECORATION |
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| STORY | |||||||
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Target: Chaumont, France. Hit by flak, salvoed the bomb load and crash landed at Guillonville, 16 miles east-north-east of Chateaudun, France. The crew did not bail out and several of them were trapped inside when the gas tanks exploded on crash landing. 7 KIA / 3 POW. | |||||||
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B-24 Liberator - Type H-15-FO S/N 42-52763 2C-P « Blow Job! » | |||||||
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| Captain | Edward Joseph | BRODSKY | Pilot | Prisoner - Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria | O-433345 - Newell, SOUTH DAKOTA | ||
| Captain | John Willard | ROBERTS | CoPilot | Prisoner - Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria | O-789206 - Trenton, NEW JERSEY | ||
| 2nd Lieutenant | Lester WEISS | Navigator | Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer | O-789843 - AM+2 - 24 ans - Né le 05/04/1920 Yorkers, NEW YORK Fils de Meyer et Rose (Rosen) Weiss |
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| 2nd Lieutenant | Lee George | JOHNSON | Navigator | Prisoner - Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12 | O-759812 - Riverside, CALIFORNIA | ||
| 1st Lieutenant | Thomas W PEARCE | Bomber | Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer | O-668757 AM/PH - New Holland, OHIO |
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| T/Sergeant | Walter | SIMONI | Mechanic | Dead - Arlington Nat Cem. Virginia | 13038825 - 28 ans - Né le 18/03/1916 - Wireton, PENNSYLVANIA |
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| T/Sergeant | Clifford P NANCE | Radio | Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer | 18048236 - AM+3 PH - Plano, TEXAS |
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| S/Sergeant | Elton TOLLETT | Gunner | Dead - MIA - Tablets Cim Brit Am St-James | 18137302 - AM/PH - Nashville, ARKANSAS - Décédé inconscient à l'hopital d'Orléans (45) le 12/05/1944 à 20h25 des suites de ses blessures |
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| S/Sergeant | Bronis D LIPSKAS | Gunner | Dead - MIA - Cim Brit Am St-James | 11030969 - AM/PH - Boston, MASSACHUSETTS | |||
| S/Sergeant | William J MURPHY | Gunner | Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer | 12022852 - PH - Skaneateles, NEW YORK |
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| SOURCE INFORMATION & PHOTO | Francecrashes39-45.net - Findagrave.com - Aad.archives.gov - USAAF Class Book Project ABMC American Cemeteries |
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| PROGRAMMER | Frédéric & Renaud |