George Clifford Montgomery
Military
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UPL 43606
1LT George C. Montgomery
Pilot
388th BG - 560th BS
Aphrodite Project
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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- 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
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Tom Paine
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 389th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Little Boy Blue
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
- 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
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Winfarthing
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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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 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.388bg.info/Personnel.html