World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Thomas Harvey Collins
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Laramie, Wyoming
Honored By
Ernest Collins
Relationship
Nephew
BALL TURRET GUNNER ON A B-17 OVER EUROPE. STATIONED AT ROUGHAM FIELD NEAR BURY ST. EDMUNDS, ENGLAND FROM HIS ARRIVAL IN OCTOBER 1943 UNTIL THE COMPLETION OF HIS 25 MISSIONS ON MARCH 26, 1944. WITH 175 HOURS AND 50 MINUTES OF OPERATIONAL TIME, THOMAS COLLINS THEN JOINED 'THE LUCKY BASTARDS CLUB'.