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Thomas, Charles W.

Date of birth:
August 4th, 1914 (Detroit/Michigan, United States)
Date of death:
October 1967
Nationality:
American

Biography

Charles Thomas was born on August 4,1914 in Detroit, Michigan but moved back to Cincinnati Ohio, his mother's home town as an infant and spent the rest of his life there (except for the time in the Army Aircore. He married with Ruth Fleig 1946. The couple had three children Gregory (1947), Mark (1952), Sherree (1957).
Charles Thomas died in October 1967.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Unit:
369th Bombardment Squadron, 306th Bombardment Group, U.S. Army Air Forces
Awarded on:
May 30th, 1944
Citation:
"For exceptionally meritorious achievement, while participating in sustained bomber combat operations over enemy occupied Continental Europe. The courage, coolness, and skill displayed by this Enlisted Man upon these occasions reflects great credit upon himself and the Armed Forces of the United States."
Air Medal (AM)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Unit:
369th Bombardment Squadron, 306th Bombardment Group, U.S. Army Air Forces
Awarded on:
November 1st, 1944
Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)
Citation:
"For extraordinary achievement while Ball Turrett Gunner of a B-17 on a number of combat bombardment missions over Germany and German occupied countries from March 18, 1944 to August 15, 1944."

Sources

  • Photo 1: Greg Thomas
  • - Family Records

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