Warren George Jr

Military
media-57291.jpeg UPL 57291 1st Lt Warren George Jr. 306BG.

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 57291 - 1st Lt Warren George Jr. 306BG.

Assigned to 369BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. On 17-Nov-42, while serving as Co-Pilot of B-17 41-24496 his aircraft was attacked by FW190s after leaving the target area near St. Nazaire, France. The TTG Aulenbach was killed and 3 crew members as the plane suffered severe damage. The Pilot, Capt Robert C. Williams was able to fly the aircraft back to England and land at RAF Exeter. The aircraft was salvaged for parts.



Shot down 1-7Apr-43 in B-17 42-29631 'Unmentionable'. Killed in Action (KIA). Crashed at Wiesens, Germany after attacks by waves of German fighters while flying as part of the lead squadron targeting Bremen. Pilot, Warren George and TTG were killed, but other crew members survived and became Prisoner of War (POW)s. 2KIA 8POW MACR 15444.



Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), GC, PH, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Chennault's Pappy
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Unmentionable
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Palestine, Texas 9 June 1920 Son of Warren Sr and Rosa Lee [Kennerly] George.

Enlisted

Dallas, TX 10 November 1941 Dallas, Texas

Died

Wiesens, Germany 17 April 1943

Buried

Palestine City Cemetery Palestine, Anderson County, TX Remains were recovered and repatriated to the United States; buried in City Cemetery, Palestine, Texas.

Based

Thurleigh 17 April 1943 Assigned to 369BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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ContributorWarren Hargis
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LT Warren George was my uncle. I am Warren George Hargis.

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Lee Cunningham 26-Nov-2014. Connections per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A Hey MBE; 17-Apr-43 data from MACR 15444.

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Lee Cunningham 2-Nov-2014. Place association, mission association.

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Lee Cunningham 2-Nov-2014. Decorations and association with 41-24496.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15444, Losses of the 8th and 9th Air Forces Volume I by Bishop and Hey p. 46, 107, Fame's Favored Few p. 90

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