George M Avdek

Military

Shot down 9 August 1944 in B-24 #4278483. Evaded. E&E# 2737. Missing in Action (MIA) DATE: 09 AUG 44-FREE DATE: 5 DEC 44 S/Sergeant. Avdek, 16088997, escaped from a truck with help from a Frenchman. He stayed with M. and Mme. Alfred Filliung, Hellering les Hamburg, Haut-Mozelle for three months. They operated a cafe in Hellering. BAILED OUT

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

B-24 Liberator (MK-A+_, serial number 42-78483) of the 445th Bomb Group flies with a fellow Liberator.

42-78483

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 701st Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Raleigh, North Carolina

Other

Interned (INT)

Germany 9 August 1944

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Sources

Birsic, AFEES, MACR 7385 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7385 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database