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ACRM Thomas Anthony Friend
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ACRM Thomas Anthony Friend Veteran

Birth
Death
10 Sep 1943
At Sea
Monument
Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England GPS-Latitude: 52.2160417, Longitude: 0.0547986
Plot
Tablets Of The Missing
Memorial ID
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Son of Mrs. Catherine Anna Stanley who resided in New York City, New York.

Thomas served as a Aviation Chief Radioman & Radio Operator Trainer on PBY4-1 #63925, Bombing Squadron 105, U.S. Navy during World War II.

He resided in New York prior to the war.

PBY4-1 #63925 was on a training flight and crashed at sea for an unknown reason South of Bude Bay, Cornwall, England during the war.

Thomas was declared "Missing In Action" in the "Line of Duty" in this crash during the war.

His remains were not recovered.

Service # 2233661

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Navy airmen who perished on PBY4-1 #63925:

Brown, George W ~ LT(jg), Pilot, NM
Conlon, James J, Jr ~ AMM2c, MA
Friend, Thomas A ~ ACRM, Radio Operator, NY
Griese, Carl E ~ ARM3c, OH
Keenan, Raymond J ~ AMM3c, NY
Siens, Jack C ~ LT(jg), Co-Pilot, WV
Smith, Jesse G ~ AOM1c, GA
Whiting, Lester H ~ AMM2c, NY

Bio & Crew Report by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett

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Son of Mrs. Catherine Anna Stanley who resided in New York City, New York.

Thomas served as a Aviation Chief Radioman & Radio Operator Trainer on PBY4-1 #63925, Bombing Squadron 105, U.S. Navy during World War II.

He resided in New York prior to the war.

PBY4-1 #63925 was on a training flight and crashed at sea for an unknown reason South of Bude Bay, Cornwall, England during the war.

Thomas was declared "Missing In Action" in the "Line of Duty" in this crash during the war.

His remains were not recovered.

Service # 2233661

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Navy airmen who perished on PBY4-1 #63925:

Brown, George W ~ LT(jg), Pilot, NM
Conlon, James J, Jr ~ AMM2c, MA
Friend, Thomas A ~ ACRM, Radio Operator, NY
Griese, Carl E ~ ARM3c, OH
Keenan, Raymond J ~ AMM3c, NY
Siens, Jack C ~ LT(jg), Co-Pilot, WV
Smith, Jesse G ~ AOM1c, GA
Whiting, Lester H ~ AMM2c, NY

Bio & Crew Report by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett

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