George A Apple
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 22791 - 2nd Lt George A Apple 343FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF.
Assigned to 343FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) escort to Dresden. Failed to pull out of strafing attack on Ju88 and struck ground, rebounding into the air and cart wheeling across Kamenz aerodrome, ripping of the A/C P-51D 44-15735 wings. Pilot 1st Lt George A Apple Killed in Action (KIA). 17-Apr-45. MACR 13918.
Awards: AM (4 OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Dizzy Jess
- Unit: 55th Fighter Group 343rd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted Killed in Action (KIA) |
Lafayette, IN, USA | 15 December 1942 | |
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Other Assigned |
Wormingford, Colchester CO6, UK | 23 March 1945 - 17 April 1945 | Assigned to 343FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Died |
Kamenz, Germany | 17 April 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) escort to Dresden. Failed to pull out of strafing attack on Ju88 and struck ground, rebounding into the air and cart wheeling across Kamenz aerodrome, ripping of the A/C P-51D 44-15735 wings. Pilot 1st Lt George A Apple Killed in Action (KIA). 17-Apr-45. MACR 13918. |
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Born |
Shelby, IN 46356, USA | ||
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Buried Killed in Action (KIA) |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Neuville-en-Condroz Arrondissement de Liège Liège, Belgium. | ||
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Other Promotion |
Wormingford, Colchester CO6, UK | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. | |
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Buried |
Shelbyville, IN 46176, USA | Memorialised Forest Hill Cemetery Shelbyville Shelby County Indiana, USA. |
Revisions
http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=44-15735
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmacr.asp?MACR=13918
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13918 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
