George Calvin Padgett
Military
Family photos.
Object Number - UPL 31876 - George Calvin Padgett, age 19
Shot down 23 September 1943 in B-17 #42-29937. Evaded through France until he was picked up at train station in Paris on 2 Feb 1944, Prisoner of War (POW).
Sources French Archives AD31/ 5795W690
Arrest Group at Matabiau Station - Toulouse 2/02/1944 by french Vichy Police : 1/Lt Wayne BOGARD - Joseph BURKOWSKI - 2/Lt George PADGETT - Sgt John GILSON - 2/Lt Jack D GEORGE - 2/Lt Harmon SMITH
Born at GreenLeaf (Kansas)
RAMP File 15/05/1945
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted |
25 May 1942 | ||
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Other Evaded |
23 September 1943 - 2 February 1944 | ||
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
2 February 1944 | ||
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Born |
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Born |
Revisions
Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
NARA enlistment record: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=7&cat=WR26&t… desc&rpp=10&pg=1&rid=1404704&rlst=7240058,4526368,1404704,8202305,523532,890406,775709
NARA WWII POW record: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=466&mtch=1&cat=WR26&t…
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1051 / MACR 1051; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 280 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
