George B Whitlock

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media-18898.jpeg UPL 18898 Lieutenant Colonel George B Whitlock of the 493rd Bomb Group and his wife Byra.

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Object Number - UPL 18898 - Lieutenant Colonel George B Whitlock of the 493rd Bomb Group and his wife Byra.

Lieutenant Colonel George B Whitlock was killed in action on 2 November 1944, whilst flying over Mersberg. His aircraft was hit by flak and exploded in mid-air, Whitlock, from the co-pilot's seat instructed members of the crew to bail out, whilst he held the aircraft level. He died when the aircraft crashed.



Whitlock is buried in Ardennes American Cemetery, his wife Byra Louise remarried John Hadley Hemmingway, the son of Ernest Hemmingway in 1949.



Killed in Action (KIA) 2 November 1944 in AC #44-8246.



DFC w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster



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Units served with

The insignia of the 493rd Bomb Group.

493rd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

44-8246

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 861st Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

Mersberg 2 November 1944

Born

California

Buried

Revisions

Date
ContributorEmily
Changes
Sources

MACR 10169
Faces beyond the Grave

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Helton s Hellcats, A Pictorial History of the 493rd BG, pub 1998, ABMC, MACR 10169, http://493bgdebach.co.uk/roster_list.php

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