James Eugene Geary

Military
Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane.  Five men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front.  UPL 67095 UPL 67095 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews/22 December 1943, Osnabrück (Industry).
Back L-R: Pendleton Baldwin (N), Rudolph Aune (FG), Clarence Anderson (RO), Kermit Pierce (B), Dean Marshall (TT).
Front L-R: Charles Stearman (BT), George Redding (FG), Abraham Abramowitz (FG), Alfred Sprague (P), James Geary (CP).
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Object Number - UPL 67095 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews/22 December 1943, Osnabrück (Industry). Back L-R: Pendleton Baldwin (N), Rudolph Aune (FG), Clarence Anderson (RO),...

Shot down and crashed near Cherbourg, FR on a mission to Frankfurt am Main on 8 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-39784 'Cabin in the Sky. ' Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20243890 at enlistment, then O-683297
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane.  Four men standing to the rear and six men kneeling in front.
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Cabin In The Sky
  • Unit: Base Air Depot 1 303rd Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron

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Born

Oklahoma City , Oklahoma, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 8 February 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2496 / MACR 2496, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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