Robert James Thomas
Captain
340TH BOMB SQDN, 72ND STRAT WING, SAC United States Air Force Miami, Florida December 19, 1948 to December 18, 1972 ROBERT J THOMAS is on the Wall at Panel W1, Line 95 |
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Father of one of the GREATEST football players and men of all time.
Placed by a fan of his son Derrick,
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REMEMBERED
by his wife and daughter, |
A Note from The Virtual WallThe "Christmas bombing" of North Vietnam began on the night of 18/19 Dec 1972 with a total of 129 B-52 bombers directed against a number of high-value targets in and around Hanoi. The operation consisted of three waves of heavy bombers spaced several hours apart. B-52G tail number 58-0201 (340th Bomb Sqd, 72nd Strat Wing) was in the first wave and was targeted against the Yen Vien railway yard 2 miles north of Hanoi but was struck by two SA-2 surface-to-air missiles before bomb release. Three of the crewmen were able to escape the burning aircraft, but three were not:
The remaining three crewman were captured and released with the other American POWs in early 1973. They were Major Richard E. Johnson, Captain Robert G. Certain, and Captain Richard T. Simpson. |
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