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ASP Pilot Gertrude Vreeland Tompkins Silver took off in a fighter plane and never reached her destination. No sign of her nor of the plane have ever been found leaving behind only a mystery.
Timeline
Birth- Oct 16, 1912
Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey
1939 - 1945World War II
Served For
United States of America
Branch
Air Force
Service Start Date
Jun 1943
Unit
601st Squadron, 555th Air Transport Command, 3rd Ferrying Group
Conflict Period
World War II
Enlistment Date
Jun 1943
Enlistment Place
Sweetwater, Texas
Award
Gold Star
Award
Congressional Gold Medal
Award
World War II Victory Medal, American Campaign Medal ,Army Presidential Unit Citation, Army Good Conduct Medal
Casualty Cause
Missing in Action. Declared missing and presumed dead.
Casualty Date
Oct 26, 1944
Casualty Place
Casualty Place is unknown. Neither plane nor pilot ever found.
Unit
WASP Class 43-W-7
Marriage- Sep 1944
Henry M. Silver
Bridgehampton, NY
Burial
Remembered at Rosedale and Rosehill Cemetery, Linden, Union, New Jersey
Other Facts
Gender
Female
Also Known As
Tommy
Father
Vreeland Tompkins
Full Name
Gertrude Vreeland "Tommy" Tompkins Silver
Mother
Laura Towar Tompkins
Sibling
Margret Vreeland Tompkins Wade, Grace Elizabeth Embler Tompkins Whittall
