George E Parrish
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Handwritten caption on reverse: '18-9-44 B, 292 Extra.' Second Handwritten caption on reverse: '292/RF. 491BG got shot down, crash landing in Holland, 9/18/44.'
Pilot was Capt. James Kerwin Hunter. Sole survivor was left waist gunner S/Sgt Frank DiPalma. Plane slid into farmhouse and burned. Crash site is between Udenhout and Biezenmortel, at 51 36' 53" N, 5 10' 19" E. Roger Freeman Collection
Associated aircraft identified by Bill Hunter, relative of James Kerwin Hunter, people on board the aircraft when this photo was taken, bomb squadron and mission
Object Number - FRE 8586 - A B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40210) of the 491st Bomb Group crashing in Holland on 18 September 1944 during a supply mission as part of...
Crashed near Tilburg in B-24 44-40210 during a supply drop in Operation Market Garden. Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 854th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20706934 / O-799024
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Ill Be Seeing You
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 854th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Aircraft crash site
- Known as: Udenhout / Biezenmortel
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Durham, North Carolina, USA | 20 July 1923 | Son of W. Edward and Lila [Bowling] Parrish. |
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Enlisted |
Fort Bragg, NC | 28 January 1943 | Fort Bragg, North Carolina |
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Died |
Tilbur, Netherlands | 18 September 1944 | |
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Buried |
Maplewood Cemetery Durham, Durham County, NC | Maplewood Cemetery Durham, Durham County, North Carolina |
Revisions
Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10211 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database