The 483rd Bomb Group Archive

Serviceman

James L. I Tomkoop

815th817thRadio Operator

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Army serial number
13135118
Rank
Sgt (24 January 1944), Sgt (31 January 1944), S/Sgt (3 June 1944), Sgt (18 July 1944), T/Sgt (21 July 1944)
Sources
macr-crew, morning-report
Flags. known only from an OCR crew list; name may be misread

Aboard a lost aircraft

Morning reports

4 entries, first 24 January 1944, last 21 July 1944; grades seen: S/Sgt, Sgt, T/Sgt. The clerk's sentence is quoted as the machine read it from microfilm: "fr dy to DS" is from duty to detached service, "sk in hosp" sick in hospital, "asgd & jd" assigned and joined.

National Archives pages: roll 461010974 p. 721, roll 461010974 p. 730, roll 478080727 p. 184, roll 481431546 p. 179

Statements, mentions and histories

Eyewitness statement, page 2 · 18 July 1944
70.99.2
now
5.
Ingineer
pow
Fannon, James E.
1/5gt 374,22002 Mrs. Hattie Victoria Fannon,
mother, Vienna, Missouri NOD
E. Jisst Engineer pertairano, Tommie F. S/Sgt 1,164606 $ lir. Frank Alfano, father,
978 Valley
Birmingham, Alabama.
Road, RTD
7. Radio Operatory pow Tomkoop, James L. I/Sgt 13135118 lrs. Viola Wynkoop, motherl
Route 2, Rimersburg, Pa.
pow
8. Asst Radio Oper. Simpson, Charles II. s/Sgt 16077093 Mrs. Orpha Simpson, mothes
18900 Bradford St.,
Detroit, Michigan.
371
9. Armorer
Robert D. s/Sgt 35552178 Mrs. Louisa W. Jamieson,
wife, 116 E. Foster Parkway,
Fort Wayne, Indiana.
10. Asst Armorer Gunn. Durham, James C. s/Sgt 18225957 lirs. Dollie B. Durham,
point
mother, Gen'l Delivery
RID
Washington, Arkansas.
11.
IDENTIFY BELOW THOSE PERSONS WHO ARE RELIEVED TO HAVE LAST KNOWLETGE OF AIR-
CRAFT AMD CHECK APPROPRIATE (only one) COBUMN TO INDICATE BASIS FOR SAME:
Contacted
LAST
Saw
NAME IN FULL
RANK
SERIAL NO.
by Radio SIGRTED Crash Forced Landg.
Mélvin It. Sinquefield
S/Sgt
13142970
X
Isham O. Teasley
lst It 0801602
X
Zunir P. Studnicka
T/Sgt 37146093
X
Millard S. Sperry
LE Col. 0396325
X
12; IS PERSONNEL ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE SURVIVED, CHECK ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
(X) Parachutes were used ( ) Persons seen walking away from scene of crash
( ) Any other reason (apecify) Six chutes were seen to come out of ship.
Surrounding circunstances not reasonably conclusive of KIA casualty status.
13. ATTACH, AS AN INCLOSURE TO REPORT, AERTAY PHOTOGRAPH, MAP, CHART,
OR SKETCH, SHOWING APPROXILATE LOCATION WHIERE AIRCRAFT WAS LAST SEEN. Attached.
14. ATTACH, AS INCLOSUPES TO TUTS REPORT, EYEWITNEST DESCRIPTIONS OF CRASH,
FORCED LANDING, OR OTTER GIRCULISTANCES PERTAINING TO MISSING AIRCRAFT:
Attached.
15.
marks, AS AN INCLOSURE TO THIS REPORT, A DESCRIPTION OF THE EXTENT CF
SEARCH, IF ANY, AND CIVE NAME, .RANK, AND SERTAL NUMBER OF OFFICER IN
CHARGE HERE: (If no search, so state giving reason) None. Crew MIA
in enciny occupied territóry.
Date of this Report: 19 July 1944
11. L. LIN,
Major, Air Corps,
5 Incls :
Operations Officer.
Incl 1 - Overlay
Incl 2 - Statement of Lt Col Sperry
Incl 3 - Statement of lst Lt Teasley
Incl. 4 - Statement of I/Sgt Studricka
Incl 5 - Statement of s/sq Sinquefield
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National Archives, MACR 7099, page 2 · Machine-read from microfilm, uncorrected.

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