Giles Lamar Teague
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 43419 - 1st Lt Giles L. Teague.
Assigned 602BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. 34 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Bischoffsheim in B-17 42-102610 'Boomerang'; never made assembly, seen to explode on impact with sea near Beachy Head. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 11243
Awards: AM (4OLC), PH.
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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: 398th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17113914 / O-760600
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Boomerang
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Hombourg, Belgium
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Rockingham, NC | 31 October 1915 | Son of Giles Moses and Maude Regina [Whitley] Teague. |
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Enlisted |
Winston-Salem, NC | 23 October 1942 | Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
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Other Pilot training |
Marianna AAF, FL | 19 November 1943 | Advanced flight training - Graduated from the Marianna, Florida Army Air Force school as flight officer. |
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Other Promotion |
19 May 1944 | Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant. | |
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Other Promotion |
Nuthampstead, UK | 23 September 1944 | Promoted 1st Lieutenant. |
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Died |
Off Beachy Head | 30 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Bischoffsheim in B-17 42-102610 'Boomerang'; never made assembly, seen to explode on impact with sea near Beachy Head. KIA MACR 11243 |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Nuthampstead | 30 December 1944 | Assigned 602BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial | Tablets of the Missing Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial Liege, Belgium. | |
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Buried |
Pine Hill Cemetery, Burlington, Alamance County, NC | Memorialised Pine Hill Cemetery Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina | |
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Other To ETO |
UK | Overseas to European theatre of Op's. |
Revisions
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11243 / MACR 11243; 398th History, Vol II / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
