George Washington Engle
MilitaryAssigned to 323BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. On 4-Mar-43 in B-17 41-24549 'Stupen Takit', 91BG/323BS while serving as Tail Gunner, the aircraft sustained a direct hit from AA fire just after leaving the target of the railroad marshalling yards at Hamm, Germany. CPT McCarty ordered a bale out, but Bombardier 1LT Bell and TG SSGT George W. Engle were the only two crewmen that managed to parachute from the aircraft before it exploded. Both were captured as Prsiners of War (POW) The aircraft crashed at Buldern, Germany
Awards: AM, PH, POW, EAME, WWII Victory
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-436089
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Stupen Takit
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 4 March 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Dixon, Illinois | 13 June 1917 | BornDixon, Illinois |
Enlisted |
Chicago, Illinois | 16 January 1942 | EnlistedChicago, Illinois |
Prisoner of war Prisoner of War (POW) |
Krems an der Donau, Austria | 4 March 1943 - 14 June 1945 | Held at Stalag 17B, Braunau-Gneikendorf (near Krems), Austria. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 14-Jun-45. |
Died |
Dixon, Illinois | 23 March 1970 | DiedDixon, Illinois |
Buried |
Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens Dixon, Illinois | 26 March 1970 | InterredChapel Hill Memorial GardensDixon, Illinois |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 25-Jun-2015 . Added decoration and POW event per National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WII POW database. Confirmed SN MACR 15596. Made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data. Added A/C model letter, unit association, crew position, loss details and A/C crash location to Summary Biogrpahy based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces:, Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15596 / MACR 155969, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey, pp. 87-88,The Ragged Irregulars of Bassingbourne by Havelaar / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database