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Personal info

Full name
SCRIVNER, Thomas E
Date of birth
21 September 1920
Age
22
Place of birth
Lindsay, Tulare County, California
Hometown
Carlsbad, Eddy County, New Mexico

Military service

Service number
O-728030
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
66th Bombardment Squadron,
44th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Distinguished Flying Cross,
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 August 1943
Place of death
In the vicinity of Ploesti, Rumania

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 10 38

Immediate family

Members
George E. Scrivner (father)
Flora F. (Martin) Scrivner (mother)
Thelma F. Scrivner (sister)
Lynette F. Scrivner (sister)
Georgia Scrivner (sister)
Everett Scrivner (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-40375
Data
Type: B-24D
Nickname: Scrappy II
Destination: Ploesti, Rumania
Mission: Bombing
MACR: 1646

More information

Several crews reported seeing the plane, along with two others, caught in a terrific explosion as they were approaching their target, and then not seeing any of the three ships later. Thomas E. Scrivner’s ship came out in flames with the pilot heading for a crash-landing. They sledded in a wheat field, but before the slide was spent, the ship exploded into a hundred-foot sphere of flame. None of the men that the pilots had so valiantly struggled to save managed to come out of it alive.

Source of information: Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1930 Census / New Mexico WWII Records, www.fold3.com - MACR, http://user.xmission.com/~44thbgva/44th%20ROH.pdf

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Lindsay Gazette - 7 December 1945