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1st Lt. Thomas Meehan III, was a commissioned officer with Easy Company. Thomas Meehan was born on July 8, 1921. He enjoyed drawing and painting as a hobby. After graduating from Germantown High School in 1939, he completed two years at the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Arts to become...
First Lieutenant Thomas Meehan III (July 8, 1921 – June 6, 1944)[2] was a commissioned officer with Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, in the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army during World War II.
In Band of Brothers’ episode 2, during the parachuting of the men of the 506th PIR in the early hours of June 6, 1944, it can be seen that the “66” chalk aircraft carrying one stick of the Easy Company, Thomas Meehan, hit by the shooting of the German Anti-aircraft Defense (in German “FLAK”), violently strikes the Norman soil.
Sep 20, 2023 · Lt. Thomas Meehan & Easy Company's Crashed Plane Wasn't Recovered Until Years After WW2 Ended. Following a direct hit from an artillery shell, Lt. Meehan’s C-47 plane went down over France, making what happened to him of the first major Easy Company deaths in Band of Brothers.
Sep 9, 2021 · He was replaced by Lt. Thomas Meehan from B Company. Meehan, a Philadelphian, possessed a kinder disposition. Winters was folded back into his former role.
1LT Thomas Meehan III. Thomas Meehan was the second Company Commander of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. He was killed during the Battle of Normandy, when the C-47 Skytrain plane he was on was hit by German Anti-Aircraft fire over Beuzeville-au-Plain, approximately two miles south of the town of...
1st Lt Thomas Meehan III, commander of “E” Company, 506th PIR 101st Airborne Division, took off from Uppottery, UK on a combat drop as part of Operation Albany. While over Sainte-Mere-Eglise the plane was hit by AA fire, causing one of the engines to burst into flames.
