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BLACKWELL, Thomas Brooks - Date of
birth
18 December 1923 -
Age
19 - Place of
birth
Webster, Breckinridge County, Kentucky -
Hometown
Dixon, Webster County, Kentucky
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-801114 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Navigator -
Unit
339th Bombardment Squadron,
96th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
-
Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
16 December 1943 - Place of
death
Waddenzee, approximately 2 miles northwest of Harlingen, The Netherlands
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Alvin Blackwell (father)
Allyne B. Blackwell (mother)
Jerry M. Blackwell (brother)
Donald Blackwell (brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-31113 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Zilch
Destination: Bremen, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the port
MACR: 1564
More information
2nd Lt Thomas B. Blackwell graduated from Clay High School and attended Western Teachers College in Bowling Green.He joined the National Guard in Bowling Green, Kentucky on 17 January 1941.
The airplane was attacked by enemy aircraft. One engine was knocked off the ship, falling on aircraft no # 42-30872. Both airplanes went down. No parachutes were seen.
The entire crew of both airplanes was killed.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, www.96bg.org, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.8thafhs.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Jim Jacobus