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Home Country
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Year of Birth
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This Military Service Page was created/owned by
CDR Mark Dunaway
to remember
Thomas, William E., CDR USN(Ret).
If you knew or served with this Sailor and have additional information or photos to support this Page, please leave a message for the Page Administrator(s) HERE.
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Contact Info
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Home Town
Philadelphia |
Last Address
PHILADELPHIA, PA
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Date of Passing
May 04, 2011 |
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Location of Interment
Florida National Cemetery (VA) - Bushnell, Florida |
Wall/Plot Coordinates
Section 110, Site 603 |
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1940-1941, 00X, Naval Auxiliary Air Station (NAAS) Mustin Field, PA
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1941-1941, 00X, Coast Guard Air Station (CGAS), US Coast Guard (USCG)
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1941-1941, 6302, Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola, FL
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1942-1942, 630X, Naval Air Facilities (NAF) Midway Islands
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1942-1943, 630X, Commander Fleet Air Hawaii, Commander, Naval Air Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet (COMNAVAIRPAC)
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1943-1944, 630X, Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department (AIMD), Naval Air Station (NAS) Jacksonville FL
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1944-1946, 6302, Naval Air Station (NAS) Hutchinson, KS
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1946-1949, 630X, Naval Air Station (NAS) Atlantic City, NJ
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1949-1950, 630X, Naval Station (NAVSTA) Newport, RI
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1950-1951, 630X, CNO - OPNAV
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1951-1953, 630X, Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY), Portsmouth, VA
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1953-1954, 630X, Naval Station (NAVSTA) Newport, RI
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1954-1956, 630X, Navy Warfare Development Command (NWDC)
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1956-1957, 630X, Naval Air Station (NAS) Quonset Point, HI
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1957-1958, 131X, VP-8 Fighting Tigers
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1959-1961, 131X, Atlantic Fleet Weapons Training Facility (Staff)
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Reflections on CDR Thomas's
US Navy Service
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TO THE BEST OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE, WHAT INFLUENCED HIS/HER DECISION TO JOIN THE NAVY?
Excerpt from "Memoirs of a Naval Aviator's Career" Phase X: Heading Home... Praise the Lord! CDR William E. Thomas USN Retired While stationed in Hawaii I had made 68 flights, 43 of which were combat missions. While in the Aleutian Islands I logged 54 flights, 26 of which were combat missions, and in Guadalcanal area I logged 80 flights, 48 of which were combat missions. It total my flights numbered 202, plus about 30 test flights, or small single engine plane flights. I logged a total of 117 flights designated "In combat with the enemy." My log book shows current flying experience as 1,720 hours. I was pleased to have been certified as qualified to act as Patrol Plane Commander in three different airplanes, capable of flying any of them to any destination in the world.
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