Ketcham, Thomas Leonard

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Ketcham, Thomas Leonard ‡ ⇗
Rank	Second Lieutenant
Serial Number	O-670133 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho, Special Orders #70 dated 11 March 1943, effective 11 March 1943.
Duty	Navigator
MOS	1034 - Navigator
Last Duty Date	26 June 1943
Results	Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 11 January 1921
Related Documents	Post Loss Document File #3⇓ (0.759 MB)

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Original 384^th Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
Flt. Ofcr. Wheat, Delton G⇗	Pilot	POW
Flt. Ofcr. Bell, Glyndon Darwyn⇗	Co-pilot	TR
2nd Lt. Ketcham, Thomas Leonard	Navigator	POW
2nd Lt. Brown, Robert James, Jr⇗	Bombardier	POW
S/SGT. Finck, Theodore William⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	POW
PVT. Randolph, Thomas Benjamin⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	POW
S/SGT. Katuzney, John Joseph⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	POW
SGT. Hurst, Dero (NMI)⇗	Tail Gunner	POW
S/SGT. Pursch, Warren Louis⇗	Flexible Gunner	POW
S/SGT. Wood, Ralph Charles⇗	Flexible Gunner	POW

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 1 Combat Mission.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
2⇗	25 June 1943	Target: Industrial Area & Submarine Pens Type: Military Location: Hamburg, Germany	Navigator	42‑30048⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back because of a faulty oil regulator. Sortie Report⇗
3⇗	26 June 1943	Target: Villacoublay Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France	Navigator	42‑30048⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Attacked by enemy aircraft; crashed near Laon, France. No MACR. This aircraft was repaired and flown by the Luftwaffe. Sortie Report⇗

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