Thompson, Raymond Archie

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Thompson, Raymond Archie ‡ ⇗
Rank	Sergeant
Serial Number	34645478 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #81 dated 1 May 1944, effective 1 May 1944.
Duty	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner / Togglier
MOS	748 - Army Airplane Mechanic / Gunner, Flight Engineer
Last Duty Date	24 May 1944
Results	Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 10 January 1923
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 5268⇓ (96.798 MB)
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Seamon, Grover Lawrence, Jr⇗	Pilot	POW
2nd Lt. Kohlston, Herbert Francis⇗	Co-pilot	POW
Flt. Ofcr. Polansky, Herbert (NMI)⇗	Navigator	POW
2nd Lt. Robertson, Avon Vern⇗	Bombardier	INT
S/SGT. Ramos, Manuel Mazon⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	KIA
SGT. Loving, Elmer Hill, Jr⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	POW
SGT. Thompson, Raymond Archie	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	POW
SGT. Housh, Leonard Jess⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	POW
SGT. Altstaetter, Herbert Emerson⇗	Tail Gunner	KIA
S/SGT. Settlemyre, James Walter⇗	Flexible Gunner	POW

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 3 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
109⇗	19 May 1944	Target: Unidentified Industrial Area Type: Industry Location: Berlin, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑37982⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Group. Landed away at RAF Oulton, Norfolk, on return due to low fuel. Sortie Report⇗
113⇗	23 May 1944	Target: Nancy/Essey Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Nancy, France	Togglier	42‑37785⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41A Group Sortie Report⇗
114⇗	24 May 1944	Target: Unidentified Military Installations Type: Military Location: Berlin, Germany	Togglier	42‑31364⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Lead Group. Hit by flak after bombs-away, crashed in Herzberg, Germany (12 km SSE of Neuruppin). MACR 5268 Sortie Report⇗

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