Name:
Andrew C. Thrash
Rank:
Corporal
Serial Number:
14190521
Unit:
486th Bomber Squadron, 340th Bomber Group
Date of Death:
1944-11-05
State:
Alabama
Cemetery:
Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy
Plot:
Tablets of the Missing
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Comments:
Andrew C. Thrash served in the 486th Bomber Squadron, 340th Bomber Group, Medium, as a Corporal during World War II.
The top turret gunner on the B-25 #43-27709 'Schnapps Yoyo,' Cpl Thrash was declared Missing in Action on November 5, 1944, when his airplane disappeared during the mission to bomb a rail bridge south of Padua, Italy. His name is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing, Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy.