Hay, Thomas (NMI)

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Hay, Thomas (NMI) ‡ ⇗
Rank	Private / Staff Sergeant
Serial Number	11068329 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho, Special Orders #32 dated 1 February 1943, effective 1 February 1943.
Duty	Tail Gunner / Flexible Gunner
MOS	612 - Airplane Armorer / Gunner
Last Duty Date	17 August 1943
Results	Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 1924 Reclassified from Aerial Gunner Specialist (MOS) 611 to Armorer Gunner Specialist (MOS) 612 effective 13 April 1943 per 545th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 13 April 1943. Promoted from Private to Sergeant effective 15 June 1943per 545th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 18 June 1943. Promoted to Staff Sergeant effective 17 April 1943 per 545th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 17 April 1943. Ordered to attend Gunnery School at Snettisham, Norfolk, for approximately 10 days beginning on or about 30 May 1943, on SO #21 dated 30 May 1943. Students are required to bring .50 cal. Ammunition, gas mask, steel helmet, mess equipment, blankets, clothing for ten days, and draw 'PX rations' in advance. Promoted to Staff Sergeant on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #49 dated 115 July 1943.
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 292⇓ (28.221 MB)
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Original 384^th Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Mattes, Frank George⇗	Pilot	KIA
2nd Lt. Thompson, Arthur John, Jr⇗	Co-pilot	POW
2nd Lt. Wentworth, Wayne L⇗	Navigator	POW
2nd Lt. Konefal, Adam (NMI)⇗	Bombardier	KIA
S/SGT. Fletter, Homer Thomas⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	POW
PFC. Dudley, John Charles⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	TR
S/SGT. Carter, James Thomas⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	KIA
PVT. Hay, Thomas (NMI)	Tail Gunner	POW
S/SGT. Garcia, Edward Jiminez⇗	Flexible Gunner	POW
S/SGT. Thompson, John Paul⇗	Flexible Gunner	POW

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 13 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
1⇗	22 June 1943	Target: General Motors Truck Factory Type: Industry Location: Antwerp, Belgium	Tail Gunner	42‑3222⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
3⇗	26 June 1943	Target: Villacoublay Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France	Tail Gunner	42‑3222⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
4⇗	28 June 1943	Target: Fighter Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Beaumont-le-Roger, France	Tail Gunner	42‑3222⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
5⇗	29 June 1943	Target: duNord Aircraft Works, Villacoublay Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑3222⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
6⇗	4 July 1943	Target: Gnome et Rhone Aircraft Engine Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Le Mans, France	Tail Gunner	42‑3222⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
7⇗	10 July 1943	Target: Drucat Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Abbeville, France	Tail Gunner	42‑3222⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron Lead. Sortie Report⇗
10⇗	25 July 1943	Target: Blohm & Voss Aircraft Works and Shipyard Type: Industry Location: Hamburg, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑3222⇗	Combat Mission Credit Group Deputy Lead. Sortie Report⇗
11⇗	28 July 1943	Target: Aircraft Engine Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Kassel, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑3222⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗
12⇗	29 July 1943	Target: Naval Base Type: Military Location: Kiel, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑3230⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
14⇗	12 August 1943	Target: Synthetic Fuel Hydrogenation Plant Type: Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑3222⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗
15⇗	15 August 1943	Target: Poix-en-Picardie and Amiens-Glisy Airfields Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Poix-de-Picardie & Amiens, France	Tail Gunner	42‑3222⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
16⇗	16 August 1943	Target: Le Bourget Airport & Air Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France	Tail Gunner	42‑3222⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron lead, group deputy. Sortie Report⇗
17⇗	17 August 1943	Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑3222⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return High Squadron lead. Shot down by enemy aircraft before target; crashed near Mannheim, Germany. MACR 292 Sortie Report⇗

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