Randolph, Thomas Benjamin

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Randolph, Thomas Benjamin ‡ ⇗
Rank	Private / Technical Sergeant
Serial Number	35477614 ‡
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	Engineer / Top Turret 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: 18 March 1911 Appointed Private First Class effective 8 April 1943 per 544th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 8 April 1943. Appointed Staff Sergeant effective 1 May 1943 per 544th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 1 May 1943. Promoted to Technical Sergeant on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #47 dated 12 July 1943.
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 296⇓ (5.054 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 4 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
5⇗	29 June 1943	Target: duNord Aircraft Works, Villacoublay Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France	Ball Turret	42‑30030⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
11⇗	28 July 1943	Target: Aircraft Engine Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Kassel, Germany	Engineer/Top Turret	42‑29700⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back with #2 engine supercharger trouble. 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	42‑29956⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗
16⇗	16 August 1943	Target: Le Bourget Airport & Air Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France	Tail Gunner	42‑29956⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗
17⇗	17 August 1943	Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑29956⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Low Squadron deputy. Shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed south of St. Goarshausen, Germany in Niederheimbach. MACR 296 Sortie Report⇗

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