George R Greenamyre
MilitaryShot down 16-Aug-44 in B-17G 42-31702 while serving as Balll Turret Gunner. Aircraft took a direct hit by flak and crashed at Burgwerben, Germany. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Connections
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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: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 16 August 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychów, Poland | 16 August 1944 - 5 June 1945 | Held at Stalag Luft 4, Gross-Tychow, Prussia. Officially Returend to Military Control (RMC) 5-Jun-45. |
Born |
Hanford, California |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 13-Dec-2014. Correction of typo in POW description.
Lee Cunningham 13-Dec-2014. Added SN per and crafted biography per MACR 7902; added POW event per National Archives Records Adminsitration (NARA) WWII POW database; made connections to Decorations, Place and Mission within existing website data.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7902 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database