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Personal info

Full name
CURRY, Thomas Richard
Date of birth
5 June 1916
Age
27
Place of birth
Duck Hill, Montgomery County, Mississippi
Hometown
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
O-682150
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Navigator
Unit
409th Bombardment Squadron,
93rd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
22 December 1943
Place of death
IJsselmeer, 15 km. northeast of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Alexander L. Curry (father)
Elizabeth D. (Kimbrough) Curry (mother)
Mary P. Curry (sister)
Christine K. Curry (sister)
Douglas C. Curry (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-63969
Data
Type: B-24D
Destination: Osnabruck, Germany
Mission: Bombing of communication lines
MACR: 2193

More information

2nd Lt Thomas R. Curry graduated from Bellvue Central High School and was employed in the loan and discount department of the Union And Planters Bank And Trust Company.

He volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States in Memphis, Tennessee on 30 March 1942 and was sent overseas in November, 1943.

Crews of other airplanes in the formation spotted this airplane for the last time in the vicinity of 5238N-0620E. At this point the group ran into intense flak and concentrated enemy fighter attacks. To avoid the flak the lead aircraft took violent evasive action which scattered the formation. In the confusion the whereabouts of this aircraft remained unknown.

The entire crew of nine men was killed.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.fold3.com - MACR, WWII Draft Card, 1930 US Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Dough Hunt