George Aguayo

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 565BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. Killed on mission to Solingen, B-24 42-40793 'Blonds Away' was damaged by fighters and exploded while trying to land 1-Dec-43. Killed in Action (KIA)

Awards: DFC, AM, PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.

389th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Jack M Conners

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-728833
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-40793

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Blonds Away
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron 567th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Operation Tidal Wave

  • Date: 1 August 1943
  • Official Description: 177 B-24’s, of IX Bomber Command (including Heavy Bombers on loan from Eighth AF) are dispatched to bomb oil refineries at Ploesti and nearby Campina. The operation (TIDALWAVE) is costly, 54 planes and 532 airmen being lost, but damage to the targets...

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

California 26 November 1920

Died

Manston, Ramsgate, Kent CT12, UK 1 December 1943 Target - Solingen, Germany, 1-Dec-43, Manston, England Crash landed at emergency field due to battle damage. KIA MACR 3983.

Buried

2 December 1943 Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK Plot G Row 6 Grave 162

Based

Hethel 1 December 1943 Assigned to 565BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date15 Aug 2021 19:20:42
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to biography, awards, events, person associations and place associations
Sources

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56287287/george-aguayo

Date15 Aug 2021 18:33:11
Contributorjmoore43
ChangesChanges to biography
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Added a "-" to the A/C type in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

Date16 Mar 2015 11:10:22
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to biography, events, unit associations and mission associations
Sources

AAM Database.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:10:38
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ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Combat Chronology Supplement p. 215, Losses of 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey  pp. 406 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia