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THOMPSON, George Edward Jr - Date of
birth
29 September 1915 -
Age
29 - Place of
birth
Charleston, Calhoun County, South Carolina -
Hometown
Charleston, Calhoun County, South Carolina
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-821378 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Co-Pilot -
Unit
410th Bombardment Squadron,
94th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
1 August 1945 - Place of
death
Gunzenhausen, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
George E. Thompson (father)
Annie L. (Brown) Thompson (mother)
Helen E. Thompson (sister)
Walter Thompson (brother)
Luther Thompson (brother)
Charles Thompson (brother)
Preston Thompson (brother)
Robert Thompson (brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-31906 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Munich, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the synthetic oil plants
MACR: 7739
More information
2nd Lt George E. Thompson was serving as the co-pilot on a B-17G which took off from Bury St. Edmunds with an assigned target of Munich, Germany. The aircraft was first hit by flak in the No 1 engine and the a second later another flak hit near the flight deck and the pilot ordered all the crew to bale out. Then there were explosions and the B-17 went down into a spin and blew up. It crashed 220yards SW of Gunzenhausen, about 12 miles north of Munich City Center. 6 KIA 3 POW Three of the KIA were executed on the orders of the Kreisleiter and buried in a bomb crater near the autobahn.Lt Thompson was officially declared dead one day and one year after he was reportec missing in action.
Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, www.fold3.com - MACR 7739, http://www.8thafhs.com,
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