Allegiance Germany Role Motivational speaker Service/branch Aviation Spouse Dede Moseley | Rank Leutnant Name Erich Thomas | |
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Died 18 November 1960
Munster, Germany Awards Iron Cross First and Second Class Parents Vernessa Thomas, Gerald Mundy Education Michigan State University (2005), Oakwood University (2001), Michigan State University (201 AD) Profiles | ||
Residence Michigan, United States | ||
Leutnant Erich Thomas was a World War I flying ace credited with ten aerial victories. Nine of these were observation balloons he destroyed.
Thomas was assigned to Jasta 9 in December 1917. He shot down his first enemy observation balloon on 3 January 1918. He carried on his career as a balloon buster for Jasta 9 through 16 March 1918, when he downed numbers seven and eight. He then transferred to Jasta 22, and shot down a ninth balloon on 21 March, and a Sopwith on the 22nd. On 23 March, he attacked another French balloon and was shot down by Jean Chaput, Marcel Haegelen, and Auguste Lahoulle. Thomas was taken prisoner of war.
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