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Personal info

Full name
DIGMAN, Thomas Jr
Date of birth
29 January 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Tynemouth, Cumberland, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
O-690553
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Bombardier
Unit
578th Bombardment Squadron,
392nd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 April 1944
Place of death
Near the Farmhouse of Willy Gudehus
East Meitze, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 34 52

Immediate family

Members
Thomas Digman Sr. (father)
Sarah A.T. (Arundell) Digman (mother)
Alfreda I. Digman (sister)
Edith Digman (sister)
Bernice E. (Herold) Digman (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
42-110105
Data
Type: B-24J
Destination: Berlin, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the city
MACR: 4446

More information

2nd Lt Thomas Digman Jr. was a bookkeeper. He enlisted at Fort G. Meade, Maryland on 24 October 1941. He received his wings at Big Spring, Texas in August 1943.

He was married to Bernice Herold on 8 October 1943.

The only returning crew eyewitness report stated briefly that this plane was seen peeling off after the enemy fighter attacks with the right elevator appearing to be badly shot up, and that no chutes were seen. There were no additional reports on the loss of this aircrew and ship in the MACR.

About an hour after the impact a bomb detonated in the wreckage sending debris far and wide through the little town.

He was initially buried by German forces in a cemetery near Hannover, Germany, shortly after the crash.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.B24.net, www.wiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, Military.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Peter Schouteten, Ingledew Family Tree, Arie-Jan van Hees, Bombardier Class Book 43-12, Big Spring Bombardier School, Texas