George B McIntosh Jr

Military
media-34504.jpeg UPL 34504 Lt George McIntosh, Jr

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Object Number - UPL 34504 - Lt George McIntosh, Jr

Co-pilot, Jones Crew. 381st BG, 535th BS, 8th AF. Operations Officer for 535th BS. On 24 July 1943, B-17 #42-3217 "Georgia Rebel" crashed in Sweden. Mission #11 to the chemical works (Magnesium, Aluminum) in Heroya, Norway. MACR 132. Hit by flak, dropped bombs, #2 engine feathered with bent prop, hole in port wing near fuel tank with fuel leak, #3 engine smoking and lost oil pressure. Neutral Internee. First US bomber interned in Sweden. Returned to England 22 Nov 1943. Flew in place of 1LT Mervin R. Heckler, the regular co-pilot for the Jones Crew.

On his 9th mission, nose of his B-17 shot out by ground fire, but crippled plane returned to base. Distinguished Flying Cross awarded.

Pilot, McIntosh crew.On 14th mission, hit by ground fire over France, plane ditched in English Channel. Damaged by flak over the target of Frankfurt, GR on 20 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-31381 "Jaynee B" fell behind and was forced to ditch in the Channel. Prisoner of War (POW).

Dallas, TX



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The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31127728
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-797117
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37272791
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37348624
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20402885 / O-401997
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Our Desire, Man o War II
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Jaynee B
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
Civilians inspect a crashed B-17 Flying Fortress (MS-T, serial number 42-3217) of the 535th Bomb Squadron, 381st Bomb Group. Handwritten on accompanying slide casing: '381st BG. B-17, 4686 DM.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Georgia Rebel
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron

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20 January 1942

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Internee

24 July 1943 - 22 November 1943

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Prisoner of War

20 March 1944

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20 April 1944

Died

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Lee Hering, roommate University of Texas 1948

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381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 3315, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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