Logan Albert THOMPSON
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Source : Victor Daniel | |||||||
NUMBER OF SERVICE | 15334265 | ||||||
AGE | 21 yo | ||||||
DATE OF BIRTH |
5 August 1922 Newark, Licking county, OHIO | ||||||
ENLISTMENT STATE | Fort Benjamin Harrison, INDIANA | ||||||
FAMILY |
Parents : Edward & Marie U THOMPSON | ||||||
RANK |
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FONCTION | Ball turret gunner | ||||||
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT | Student | ||||||
DATE of ENLISTEMENT | 27 June 1942 | ||||||
SQUADRON | 532nd Bomber Squadron | ||||||
GROUP | 381st Bomb Group (Heavy) | ||||||
ARMY | 8th Air Force | ||||||
DATE OF DEATH | 19 June 1944 |
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STATUS | FOD | ||||||
PLACE OF DEATH | Pessac, 3km south of Mérignac | ||||||
PLAN DE VOL / FLIGHT PLAN |
B-17 Fortress type G-35-DL s/n 42-107088
Macr : 5994 Mission: Bombardment in the Bordeaux sector The plane burned and exploded before it touched down. | ||||||
CEMETERY TEMPORARY |
CEMETERY TEMPORARY of Luynes Cemetery, Aix-En-Provance N°3551 | ||||||
CEMETERY | NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville | ||||||
GRAVE |
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DECORATION |
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STORY | |||||||
Source : Victor Daniel |
Great Uncle Logan Thompson memorial stateside memorial-30 June 1945-newark Advocate newspaper Source : Victor Daniel |
Crew of B-17 Fortress - type G-35-DL - s/n 42-107088 VE*V
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2Lt | John B | DOYLE | Pilot | Dead | Cim Am Rhône Draguignan | O-756201 - AM+1/PH - Flint, Michigan |
2Lt | Julian K | PROKOPOVITZ | CoPilot | Dead | Cim Am Rhône Draguignan | O-818513 - AM+1 - Pulaski, Wisconsin |
F/O | Richard H Jr | RICHARDS | Navigator | Dead | Cim Am Epinal (88) | T-124727 - AM+1 - Maspeth, Long Island, New York |
2Lt | Bernard S | LEAVITT | Bomber | Prisoner- Stalag Luft III Sagan-Silesia Bavaria | O-762640 - Amarillo, Tennessee | |
S/Sgt | Gordon Wayne | WISE | Mechanic/Gunner | Dead | MIA - Tablets Cim Am Rhône Draguignan | 39905666 - AM+1/PH - Elko, Nevada |
S/Sgt | Charles E | HARKER | Radio/Gunner | Dead | Inconnu | 32749851 - Burlington, New Jersey |
Sgt | Logan Albert THOMPSON | Gunner | Dead | Cim Am Rhône Draguignan | 15334265 - AM+/PH - Ohio | |
Sgt | Robert J | HELMAN | Gunner | Dead | Cim Am Epinal (88) | 15171209 - AM/PH - Charleroi, Pennsylvania |
Sgt | Robert Thomas | MATTHEWS | Gunner | Prisoner- Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow | 36475633 - East Saint Louis, Illinois - Blessé, hospitalisé | |
SOURCE INFORMATION & SOURCE PHOTO | Victor DANIEL - abmc.gov - fr.findagrave.com - fold3.com - archives.gov - francecrashes39-45.net - ancestry.com |
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EDITORS | Victor, Jean-Philippe, Eric, Henri, Garrett, Clive, Frédéric & Renaud |