Arlie Leroy THOMPSON

 

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NUMBER OF SERVICE33254507
AGE22 yo
DATE OF BIRTH6 August  1921 Tyrone, Blair County
ETATPENNSYLVANIA
FAMILYMarried : Marjorie Marie KUHN THOMPSON
RANKSergeant
FONCTIONGunner
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENTSemiskilled brakemen, railroadNE
DATE of ENLISTEMENT5 October 1942 Altoona PENNSYLVANIA
 SQUADRON410th Bomber Squadron
 GROUP94th Bomber Group, Heavy
ARMY8th US Air Force
DATE OF DEATH5 January 1944ii
STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATH Lagoden - Cne de Poullaouen
DATA PLAN

B-17 Fortress - type F-90-BO - s/n 42-30200 GL*R   "Slo Time Sally"

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Macr : 1892

Mission : Aérodrome Bordeaux-Mérignac (33)

Takeoff  07h35 station 468  Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk UK

Shot by hunters around 1:30 p.m.

Airplane evacuated by the crew

CEMETERY TEMPORARY

 

CEMTERY TEMPORARY of  -- N°--

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Story of Cemetery Temporary 

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CEMETERYNORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville

Map of Normandy American Cemetery

GRAVE
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C1547
DECORATION

Air Medal

Purple Heart

World War II Victory Medal

 

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Photo FDLM

victory medal

 

 

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STORY

Arlie was seriously injured in the abdomen during the attack.

He was helped to jump from the plane, but died on arrival on the ground (perhaps unopened parachute)

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Equipage du B-17 Fortress - type F-90-BO - s/n 42-30200 GL*R   "Slo Time Sally"

 

2nd Lieutenant Raymond John BORN Pilot Prisoner- Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12  O-802102 - Né 18/7/1917 - ILLINOIS
Flight/Officer Harold J ERICKSON CoPilot Prisoner - Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12  T-000170 - Né 1922 - WISCONSIN
2nd Lieutenant Ernest H HUGONNET Bomber Escaped   O-748006 - Né le 10/12/1918 - New York City, NEW YORK - Escape by boat
2nd Lieutenant Norman R KING Navigator Escaped   O-685645 - Né le 03/03/1919 - Richmond Hill, NEW YORK - Escape by boat
Sergeant Harold Otis GILLEY Radio/Gunner Escaped   36610483 - Né le 24/04/1922 - Harrisburg, ILLINOIS - Escape by boat
Sergeant Robert C SOUTHERS Gunner Escaped   35374137 - Né le 19/12/1920 - Escape by boat
S/Sergeant Donald Duncan McLEOD Mechanic/Gunner Escaped   38158454 - Né le 18/01/1919 - Austin, TEXAS - Escape by boat
Sergeant Arlie LeRoy THOMPSON Gunner Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer 33254507 - AM/PH - Pennsylvania
Sergeant Robert Alfred SCHWARTZBURG Gunner Escaped   36278383 - AM - Né le 25/01/1919 - Milwaukee, WISCONSIN - Escape by boat
Sergeant Marion Augusta HALL Gunner Escaped   13135631 - Né le 27/11/1922 - Dundalk, MARYLAND -Escape by boat
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SOURCE INFORMATION & PHOTOFrancecrashes39-45.net - Abmc.gov - Findagrave.com - JF PELLOUAIS   
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