George Asprocolas
Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier | 95th Bomb Group
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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 21/1/44; Kearney 22/1/44; Grenier 25/2/44; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-P/W] Horham 13/3/44; with J. M. Bastion; Co-pilot Frank Puckett Barbour; force landed France 22/6/44; with J.E. Hamilton force landed RAF Bentwaters, Sfk 6/10/44;121m, Returned to the USA Bradley 26/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 2/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 25/12/45. PRETTY BABY.
Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier | 95th Bomb Group
Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
Military | Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) | Tail Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Military | Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) | Ball Turret Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 336BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. 24 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Holzwickede 23-Mar-45. Mid air collision with B-17 44-8754, crashed Campsea Ash, Suffolk. Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: AM (3OLC), GC, PH.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Flight Engineer | 95th Bomb Group
Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Radio Operator | 95th Bomb Group
Military | Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) | Waist Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 336BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Holzwickede 23-Mar-45. Mid air collision with B-17 44-8754, crashed Campsea Ash, Suffolk. Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: AM (3OLC), PH.
Military site : airfield
Horham airfield was planned and built for RAF use, but handed over to the Eighth Air Force and used initially by the 47th Bomb Group. When they joined the Twelfth Air Force in January 1943, it became home to the B-26 Marauders of the 323rd Bomb Group....
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Date | Contributor | Update |
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22 November 2021 23:30:45 | jmoore43 | Changes to nicknames |
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Added the A/C nickname listed in the A/C “Description” section. |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
18 March 2015 01:37:23 | bombercommand | Changes to description |
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Personal correspondence with Frank Puckett Barbour, 1 December 2013. |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:40:15 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log |