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TOMLINSON, Donald D - Date of
birth
26 April 1924 -
Age
20 - Place of
birth
New York -
Hometown
Floyd County, Virginia
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-810437 -
Rank
Captain -
Function
Pilot -
Unit
512th Fighter Squadron,
406th Fighter Group
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Awards
Silver Star,
Distinguished Flying Cross,
Air Medal
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
19 November 1944 - Place of
death
Veckring, France
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| J | 37 | 16 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Raymond Tomlinson (father)
Grace K. (Pecheux) Tomlinson (mother)
Peter Tomlinson (brother)
Lorell Tomlinson (sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-29119 -
Data
Type: P-47D
Destination: Merzig, Germany
Mission: Ground support
MACR: 10577
More information
Capt Donald D. Tomlinson joined the Regular Army in Pullman, Washington, on 30 September 1942.2nd Lt Harold D. Cox:
"I was flying yellow four on a close support mission for Makeshoe. We bombed the town of Veckring, and encountered some flight flak. Lt Tomlinson, blue flight leader, spotted a gun position and called Pasher leader for permission to strafe. Receiving permission, he made a pass approximately from west to east. I saw him start down and start firing, with the gun he was strafing firing back. Lt Tomlinson kept firing practically all the way down. I did not observe any hits on his aircraft, although he went straight in without any obvious effort to pull out."
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, http://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/239371
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - jmalfoy / Michel Beckers