Geza Torok
Military
Object Number - UPL 50146 - SGT GEZA TOROK, GUNNER: LITHANDER CREW - KIA 19 OCTOBER 1944
Assigned to 844BS, 489BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Mainz, Germany. Lost control due to propwash from lead aircraft and pancaked onto B-24 42-94903 'Bombers Moon', both A/C fell out of the sky. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 9636.
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33638093
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner/Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36656922
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Nose gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron 847th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19129560 / O-709220
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Pregnant Peggy
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group 847th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Holton
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Carmichaels, Pennsylvania, USA | 21 December 1916 | Son of John and Ethel [Szabo] Torok. |
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Enlisted |
5 June 1943 | ||
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
67480 Edenkoben, Germany | 19 October 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Mainz, Germany. Lost control due to propwash from lead aircraft and pancaked onto B-24 42-94903 'Bombers Moon', both A/C fell out of the sky. KIA. MACR 9636. |
| Monroe County, PA, USA | |||
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Based |
Halesworth | 19 October 1944 | Assigned to 844BS, 489BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Arlington National Cemetery Arlington Arlington County Virginia, USA | ||
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Other Training |
Spartanburg, SC | Basic Training - Spartanburg, South Carolina | |
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Other Training |
Harlingen Army Air Field, TX | Gunnery Training - Harlingen Army Air Field, Texas | |
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Other Training |
Lincoln, NE | Operational Training - Lincoln, Nebraska |
