George Goon Mung Wong
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Paia, HI
Menford Borgeson crew photo
Object Number - UPL 36475 - George Wong Paia, HI
Assigned to 401BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Stendahl in B-17 'Time A-Wastin' 42-102504; hit by flak, exploded mid-air near Stendahl Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 14295
Awards: AM (5OLC), PH.
Connections
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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 401st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16119867 / O-828502
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Times A-Wastin
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
Paia, HI | 23 April 1924 | Son of Edward Ain and Meu Kai Wong. |
|
Enlisted |
Denver, CO | 27 August 1943 | Denver, Colorado |
|
Died |
Stendal, Germany | 8 April 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) Stendahl in B-17 'Time A-Wastin' 42-102504; hit by flak, exploded mid-air near Stendahl KIA MACR 14295 |
|
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Bassingbourn | 8 April 1945 | Assigned to 401BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. |
|
Buried |
Netherlands American Cemetery | Re-Interred Netherlands American Cemetery Margaten, Netherlands Plot J Row 6 Grave 22 | |
|
Buried |
Nuuanu Memorial Park Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI | Memorialised Nuuanu Memorial Park Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii |
Revisions
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55882622/george-goon_mung-wong
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/186263645/george-goon_mung-wong
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 14295 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
