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Seeking details of Lt.Everett W,Thies.
Hi,
Seeking details of Lt. Everett W, THIES. Was THIES - O-822848 the pilot who flew "Dot & Dash" 42-67128 ( lost with Lt.Claude C, Murray Jr - Evd - on the 6th October 1944) the same man who was Co Pilot of B25J 44-29580 345 BG/501BS lost on the 21st March 1945 off Indo China. ? MACR 13500( Not the C-46 one ). Thanks Alex Last edited by Alex Smart; 26th February 2023 at 20:25. |
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Re: Seeking details of Lt.Everett W,Thies.
Alex, some confusion here. ????
Fold3 has 42-67128, MACR 9254 as an F-5 lost on Oct 6, 1944 with pilot Claude C Murray, O-758042. (4 page MACR) https://www.fold3.com/image/28725228/28725220 Same MACR in the archives: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/91068195?objectPage=2 Thies was co-pilot on 44-29580, MACR 13500 (14 page MACR) a B-25 lost on 21 March 1945. https://www.fold3.com/image/41951274/41950910 The National Archives has this as a 17 page MACR (2 MACRs combined) with the Thies MACR starting on page 4: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/91142889?objectPage=4 Thies Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/...verett-w-thies Just to add to the confusion here is a photo of Everett A Thies (Not Everett W Thies) in front of his photo recon plane called Dot-Dash. https://www.fold3.com/image/47297124 Last edited by RSwank; 26th February 2023 at 17:11. |
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Re: Seeking details of Lt.Everett W,Thies.
Thank you Rolland,
No confusion at all. I did see an Everett A Thies but could not find his name in the NARA names list. So two different airmen. Everett A flew "Dot & Dash" to Poltava during Frantic. Then at a later date Murray went down in "Dot & Dash" and evaded. In the Far East Everett W Thies was lost in the B-25, MACR 13500. Thanks Alex Last edited by Alex Smart; 26th February 2023 at 20:11. |
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Re: Seeking details of Lt.Everett W,Thies.
THIES, Everett A
Enlistment date - 22/01/1942 - Miniesota - number 17062609. What was his later Officer's number ? THIES, Everett W Cannot find Enlistment details. But as Lt. Service Number was O-822848( one source has maybe a typo O-722848 ?). Last edited by Alex Smart; 27th February 2023 at 00:53. |
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Re: Seeking details of Lt.Everett W,Thies.
I did find his draft registration. His middle name was Wardwell:
https://www.fold3.com/image/686961910 https://www.fold3.com/image/686961911 |
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Re: Seeking details of Lt.Everett W,Thies.
Thanks Rolland,
Sadly I am not with folders these days. And am still having problems with accessing some of the Archive pages. Alex |
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Re: Seeking details of Lt.Everett W,Thies.
Alex,
Everett Almer Thies likely O-729920 (see https://catalog.archives.gov/id/1334...objectPage=604) Also https://catalog.archives.gov/id/143869306?objectPage=57 For Everett W. Thies see next page: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/143869306?objectPage=58 Regards, Leendert |
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Re: Seeking details of Lt.Everett W,Thies.
Thank you Leendert,
Yes 1Lt. Everett Almer Thies, O-729920, so he got awarded the DFC (American). https://catalog.archives.gov/id/1334...objectPage=604 And 3 Oak Leaf Clusters (?) https://catalog.archives.gov/id/143869306?objectPage=57 Problem now solved, Rolland and Leendert, thank you both. Alex |
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