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Assigned to 364FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) ramrod to Sorau Bounced Me109s, shot down in ensuing combat crashed near Miesterhorst on 11-Apr-44 Capt George D Currie Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 3031

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People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 357th Fighter Group 364th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35034951 / O-730394
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Places

Aerial photograph of Leiston airfield looking south, the control tower and technical site are to the right, 16 October 1945. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/929. English Heritage (RAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Theberton/Saxmundham

Events

Event Location Date Description

Crashed

Failed to Return (FTR)

Nth of Madgeburg, Germany 11 April 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) ramrod to Sorau Bounced Me109s, shot down in ensuing combat crashed near Miesterhorst on 11-Apr-44 Capt George D Currie POW MACR 3031

Assigned

Leiston, UK Assigned to 364FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF.

Manufactured

Inglewood, CA Built at North American.

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Sources

MACR 3731 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database