George Peter Novotny Sr

Military
media-16789.jpeg UPL 16789 1st Lt George P Novotny. 8 kill Ace pilot.

USAAF Photo.

Object Number - UPL 16789 - 1st Lt George P Novotny. 8 kill Ace pilot.

Pilot and Ace, 317 FS, 325 FG, 12th AF, Flew P-40's, P-47's & P-51's and finished tour, tour expired, he returned to the states as an instructor pilot and trained the Free French Air Force pilots at Oscoda Army Air Field (later to become Wurtsmith AFB) in Oscoda, MI until WWII ended in 1945.

Credited: 8 destroyed and 2 damaged.



Awards: DFC, AM(13OLC), WWII Victory, EAME(Silver Star), American Campaign, Medaille Du Jubile, Congressional Gold Medal.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Ruthless Ruthie
  • Unit: 325th Fighter Group 317th Fighter Squadron 332nd Fighter Group 100th Fighter Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Toledo, OH, USA 22 February 1920 Son of Frank and Julia [Bytosh] Novotny.

Enlisted

Toledo, OH, USA 5 January 1942

Other

E/A Destroyed

Sardinia, Italy 20 June 1943 MC202 destroyed 20-Jun-43.

Other

E/A Destroyed

Sardinia, Italy 30 June 1943 Me109 destroyed 30-Jun-43.

Other

E/A Destroyed

Sardinia, Italy 28 August 1943 Me109 destroyed 28-Aug-43.

Other

E/A Destroyed [3]

30 January 1944 2 x Ju52 and 1 x Hs126 destroyed 30-Jan-44.

Other

E/A Destroyed

18 March 1944 Me109 destroyed 18-Mar-44.

Other

E/A Damaged

33031 Villaorba UD, Italy 18 March 1944 Me109 damaged 18-Mar-44.

Other

E/A Destroyed

Zagreb, Croatia 6 April 1944 MC205 destroyed 6-Apr-44.

Other

E/A Damaged

13 April 1944 Re2001 damaged 13-Apr-44.

Died

Detroit, MI, USA 7 January 2018
Michigan, USA

Based

Assigned

Mateur Transferred to 317th FS, 325th FG, 12th AF.

Other

Instructor duties

Wurtsmith Air Force Base (OSC), 3961 E Airport drive, Oscoda charter Township, MI 48750, USA Tour expired, he returned to the states as an instructor pilot and trained the Free French Air Force pilots at Oscoda Army Air Field (later to become Wurtsmith AFB) in Oscoda, Michigan until WWII ended in 1945.

Other

Based

4100 George J Bean Pkwy, Tampa, FL 33607, USA Assigned to 42FS, 54FG, 3AF USAAF. Hillsborough AAF Tampa FL

Other

Wings / Commissioned

Spence Field Campgrounds, Spence Airport-MUL, W Yount St, Moultrie, GA 31788, USA Awarded wings and commissioned Spence Field, Georgia. 1943.
The Villages, FL, USA
Allen Park, MI 48101, USA
2919 W Houghton Lake Dr, Houghton Lake, MI 48629, USA

Buried

Detroit, MI, USA

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