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416th Bombardment Group (L) 2Lt. Thomas William McManus Jr. Pilot, O-750423 Killed In Action - Aug 6, 1944 670th Bombardment Squadron (L) |
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416th Bombardment Group (L) 2Lt. Thomas William McManus Jr. Pilot, O-750423 Killed In Action - Aug 6, 1944 670th Bombardment Squadron (L) |
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Born: 09-Nov-1921, Bakersfield, Kern County, California
Entered Military Service: Date: 16-Mar-1942 At: Bakersfield, CA From: Kern County, California Buried: Union Cemetery, Bakersfield, California, Plot: 1147 - 4 On-line Memorials: National World War II Registry Find-A-Grave |
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Lieut. McManus Listed As Dead Family of Pilot is Notified by Army War department notification was received by members of the family today the Lieutenant Thomas W. McManus, Jr., of the army air forces, had been killed in action, according to a news dispatch from Washington, D. C., where Thomas W. McManus, Sr., reported the information had been given him from official sources. Lieutenant McManus, serving with the Ninth Air Foce based in England, awas listed as missing since August 6 when he took part in an air raid over Louviers, 60 miles northwest of Paris. The lieutenant was the only son of the local prominent family. He is survived by his window, the former Oma Louise Dear, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dear, 157 A street, who has been making her home in Bakersfield since her husband went overseas last August. The local youth was graduated from Bakersfield High School and Junior College and was in his senior year at the University of California at Los Angeles when he enlisted in the air corps. He received his wings at Yuma, Ariz., in July, 1943, and later received transitory training at Mather Field at Sacramento flying B-25s. He instructed in B-25 training and was then sent to Charlotte, N. C., for training with A-20 Havoc planes. He was stationed in Savannah, Ga., before leaving for overseas. The young lieutenant had made a distinguished record for himself in his squadron before taking part in the raid that sent him to his death during the battle for the liberation of France. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Ethel Bacon McManus; by his aunt, Mrs. Lucille Easton, and several cousins including Terry Easton, who has served in four major battles in the south Pacific with the United States Marines; by his uncle, Arthur McManus, and by two sisters, Loretta, residing here with her mother at 2004 Verde street, and Rosemary, a student at Ramona Convent, and by several uncles, including Dr. Senn Bacon, of Salinas; Lieutenant JosephBacon, of the United States Navy; David Bacon of Cambridge, Mass., and a grandmother, Mrs. Alice Bacon of North Hampton, and an aunt, Mrs. Charles Miller, of Los Angeles. Mr. McManus, Sr., is now en route to Bakersfield from Washington. Extracted from Newspapers.com |
See also 2Lt Thomas William McManus Jr. Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF)
(FOIA request fulfilled by Government Information Specialist Bryan K. Jolly, Fort Knox, KY)
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According to Fabrice
Dhollande, a French WWII researcher, Lt. McManus' aircraft crashed
east of Louviers, France
in a place called La ferme Du Buck or "the Du Buck farm".
See also MACR 7872 and Mission # 116
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