George Clifford Montgomery

Military
media-43606.jpeg UPL 43606 1LT George C. Montgomery
Pilot
388th BG - 560th BS
Aphrodite Project

Object Number - UPL 43606 - 1LT George C. Montgomery Pilot 388th BG - 560th BS Aphrodite Project

Assigned to 560BS, 388BG, AF USAAF. Pilot B-17 42-30793 (mission navigation support) on Aphrodite [remote controlled flying bomb] mission to V1 missile site at Wizernes, France. 4-Aug-44.



Awards: AM (4OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-886978
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33426113
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15382291
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11051478
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner/Togglier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18 215 988
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Blind Date
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
Airmen of the 388th Bomb Group climb aboard their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30793) nicknamed "Tom Paine" before a mission. Written on slide casing: 'Tom Paine.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Tom Paine
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 389th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
Ground personnel of the 388th Bomb Group with their Cletrac and a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30851) nicknamed "Little Boy Blue". Image via B Cook. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-17F-125-BO "Little Boy Blue" 560th BS, 388th BG, s/n 42-30851. Lost in mid-air 7-19-44.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Little Boy Blue
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
42-31383
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: American Eagle
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron

Missions

  • Date: 4 August 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Brownwood, TX 7 February 1917 Son of Columbus David and Eva Ester [Stroope] Montgomery.

Enlisted

Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX 13 June 1941 Fort Sam Houston, Texas

Other

388th BG Combat Tour

Knettishall Airfield 20 March 1944 - 4 August 1944 40 Combat Missions 1 Aphrodite Mission

Died

Brady, TX 28 September 1982
Brady, TX

Buried

Resthaven Cemetery Brady, McCulloch County, TX Resthaven Cemetery Brady, McCulloch County, Texas, Plot 26

Revisions

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Sources

findagrave.com

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AAM DB Entry.
Liberator: The Consolidated B-24 By Graham Simons

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.388bg.info/Personnel.html

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