George A Linko
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George A Linko was pilot of the B-24 "Battle Dragon". His crew was formed in Salt Lake , and they traveled to Boise, Idaho for overseas crew training and then to Topeka for a new B-24.
They flew to Tampa and picked up a load of mail for Europe and flew the long southern route from Tampa to the island of Trinidad and on to Natal, Brazil; Dakar, Senegal; French Morocco, circling around neutral Spain and Portugal to their destination at Bungay, England.
In Bungay, a new plane outfitted for combat was on the flight line and ready for their first mission. It was the “Battle Dragon.” The first mission was June 5 over Calais in preparation for the invasion. Early on June 6, the second mission delivered bombs over enemy territory in Normandy. Altogether, the crew accomplished 30 bombing missions, including multiple missions over Munich and Berlin.
A couple of times when the Battle Dragon was shot up and needed repair, they used another plane for a mission, because, weather permitting, they went over the Channel about every day. There was a week in July they got R and R to Liverpool, but it was a short week. After 30 missions, most of the crew had finished their tour.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer/ Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Battle Dragon HARD TO GET
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 467th Bomb Group 705th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
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Died |
Bloomfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Revisions
NARA files verified DFC and AM w/3 oak leaf clusters during WW II.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.446bg.com/