George F Merritt
MilitaryAssigned to 323BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Cologne in B-17 'Jeanie' 44-8501; A/C crashed near Pulheim on 6-Jan-45 Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 11568
Awards: PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-760975
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Jeanie
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 91st Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Louisiana | 2 April 1923 | Son of Agnes M Merritt. |
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Enlisted |
New York City, NY | 20 November 1942 | New York City, New York |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 6 January 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
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Died |
3 April 2016 | ||
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Buried |
New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery Boscawen, Merrimack County, NH | 7 April 2016 | New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery Boscawen, Merrimack County, New Hampshire |
| Woodside, New York | |||
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Based |
Bassingbourn | 6 January 1945 | Assigned to 323BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Hospitalised |
Hospitalised, scarlet fever. |
Revisions
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https://www.fold3.com/record/83648819/world-war-ii-army-enlistment-reco…
https://www.fold3.com/record/717057227/u-s-veterans-gravesites-ca-1775-…
https://www.fold3.com/record/704100502/u-s-wwii-hospital-admission-card…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/162852286/george-f-merritt
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 11568 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11568