THOMPSON Logan A - 532 BS 381 BGH

 

Logan Albert THOMPSON

 

THOMPSON Logan A

Source : Victor Daniel

NUMBER OF SERVICE15334265
AGE21 yo
DATE OF BIRTH

5 August 1922

Newark, Licking county, OHIO 

ENLISTMENT STATEFort Benjamin Harrison, INDIANA  
FAMILY

Parents : Edward & Marie U THOMPSON
Siblings : Charles E & Betty Lou 

RANK
Sergeant sergeant armee de terre
FONCTIONBall turret gunner
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENTStudentIN
DATE of ENLISTEMENT27 June 1942
 SQUADRON532nd Bomber Squadron  
 GROUP381st Bomb Group (Heavy) 
ARMY8th Air Force  
DATE OF DEATH19 June 1944

THOMPSON Logan A

Source : Andy

STATUS FOD
PLACE OF DEATHPessac, 3km south of Mérignac
PLAN DE VOL / FLIGHT PLAN

B-17 Fortress type G-35-DL s/n 42-107088

 b17

Macr : 5994

Mission: Bombardment in the Bordeaux sector
Take-off: Station 167 Ridgewell, Essex, UK
Crash: Shot by the flak at 09h12 by a direct blow to the right wing, 4 crew members were able to evacuate but only 2 of them survived.

The plane burned and exploded before it touched down.

CEMETERY TEMPORARY

 

CEMETERY TEMPORARY of  Luynes Cemetery, Aix-En-Provance N°3551

Luynes Cemetery

Story of Cemetery Temporary 

CEMETERYNORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville

Map of Normandy American Cemetery

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
A419
DECORATION

Air Medal

Purple Heart

European African Middle Eastern Campaing Medal

World War II Victory Medal 

 Air-Force Gunner Wings

 

am

Photo FDLM

EAMECampaign

victory medal

 Aerial Gunner Badge

 
usaf 8AIRFORCE 381bg 532bs
 
STORY

THOMPSON Logan A

Source : Victor Daniel

  

THOMPSON Logan A

Great Uncle Logan Thompson memorial stateside memorial-30 June 1945-newark Advocate newspaper

Source : Victor Daniel

 

Crew of  B-17 Fortress - type G-35-DL - s/n 42-107088 VE*V

 

2Lt John B DOYLE Pilot Dead Cim Am Rhône Draguignan  O-756201 - AM+1/PH - Flint, Michigan
2Lt Julian K PROKOPOVITZ CoPilot Dead Cim Am Rhône Draguignan O-818513 - AM+1 - Pulaski, Wisconsin
F/O Richard H Jr RICHARDS Navigator Dead Cim Am Epinal (88)  T-124727 - AM+1 - Maspeth, Long Island, New York
2Lt Bernard S LEAVITT Bomber Prisoner- Stalag Luft III Sagan-Silesia Bavaria   O-762640 - Amarillo, Tennessee 
S/Sgt Gordon Wayne WISE Mechanic/Gunner Dead MIA - Tablets Cim Am Rhône Draguignan  39905666 - AM+1/PH - Elko, Nevada 
S/Sgt Charles E HARKER Radio/Gunner Dead Inconnu 32749851 - Burlington, New Jersey
Sgt Logan Albert THOMPSON Gunner Dead Cim Am Rhône Draguignan 15334265 - AM+/PH - Ohio
Sgt Robert J HELMAN Gunner Dead Cim Am Epinal (88) 15171209 - AM/PH - Charleroi, Pennsylvania 
Sgt Robert Thomas MATTHEWS Gunner Prisoner- Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow   36475633 - East Saint Louis, Illinois - Blessé, hospitalisé 
b17

SOURCE INFORMATION & SOURCE PHOTOVictor DANIEL - abmc.gov - fr.findagrave.com - fold3.com - archives.gov - francecrashes39-45.net - ancestry.com
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