George Rice
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 445th Bomb Group
Shot down by fighters and crashed near Brotterode on a mission to Gotha, GR on 24 Feb 1944 in B-24H #41-29149 '4Q2'. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Elroy R Enlow
Military
Shot down by fighters and crashed near Brotterode on a mission to Gotha, GR on 24 Feb 1944 in B-24H #41-29149 '4Q2'. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Service
People
Units served with
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445th Bomb Group
Group
The 445th Bomb Group flew B-24 Liberators from Tibenham, Norfolk. The crews' first mission was bombing U-boat installations at Kiel on 13 December 1943. The Group continued to hit strategic targets in Germany, including the aircraft components factory... -
700th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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41-29149 4-Q-2
B-24 Liberator
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Masontown, Pennsylvania, USA | |
| Prisoner of War (POW) | Germany | 24 February 1944 |
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 27 September 2014 18:08:58 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2557 / MACR 2557, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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