George Donald Currie
MilitaryAssigned to 364FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. 23 missions. Failed to Return (FTR) ramrod to Sorau in P-51B 43-6773. Bounced Me109s, shot down in ensuing combat crashed near Miesterhorst on 11-Apr-44 Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 3031
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 357th Fighter Group 364th Fighter Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
19 November 1918 | ||
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Enlisted |
11 July 1941 | ||
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
11 April 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. | |
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Other Baled out |
11 April 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) ramrod to Sorau in P-51B 43-6773. Bounced Me109s, shot down in ensuing combat crashed near Miesterhorst on 11-Apr-44 POW MACR 3031 | |
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Died |
28 March 2002 | ||
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Other Promotion |
Promoted to Captain. | ||
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Based |
11 April 1944 | Assigned to 364FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. | |
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Other Promotion |
Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. | ||
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Born |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
ContributorAAM
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3731 / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list