George Kooker Villinger

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-22071.jpeg UPL 22071 1st Lt George K Villinger 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Sitting in the cockpit of his P-47, awaiting strapping in for another sortie.

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Object Number - UPL 22071 - 1st Lt George K Villinger 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Sitting in the cockpit of his P-47, awaiting strapping in for another sortie.

George Villinger has joined the 336th Fighter Squadron as a replacement pilot in Aug-43.

He was the first 4th Fighter Group pilot to be killed in action flying a Mustang, on 2-Mar-44. He was shot down by Fw190's in P-51B 43-6985 near the German town of Linburg during a Target Withdrawal Support mission to Frankfurt. KIA. MACR 2790.



Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), PH.

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Units served with

Aircraft

A P-47 Thunderbolt of the 336th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group, taxiis past a hangar at Debden. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'VF-I taxiies by hangar. KP.'

41-6256

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Blue Goofis
  • Unit: 406th Fighter Group 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron 513th Fighter Squadron
Two USAAF P-51 Mustangs (serial numbers 43-6798 and 43-6985) and a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Grumman Avenger at a US assembly depot field in England. Passed for publication 18 Feb 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: '36798, 5/3|4/44. 36895, 2/3/44.' Printed caption on reverse: 'Air Cover For Second Front Pours Into England. Associated Press Photo Shows:- Seen side by side on a US assembly depot field "somewhere in England" are two P-51s of the USAAF (in foreground) and a US-built Gruman[sic] Avenger for

43-6985

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Palmyra, NJ, USA 18 August 1918 Son of John Anthony and Mary Viola [Kooker] Villinger.

Enlisted

Fort Dix, NJ 30 September 1940 Fort Dix, New Jersey

Other

Assigned

Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK 27 August 1943 - 2 March 1944 Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Promotion

Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK 27 November 1943 Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant.

Other

Promotion

Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK 14 January 1944 Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.

Died

Killed in Action (KIA)

94227 Lindberg, Germany 2 March 1944 Shot down by Fw190's in P-51B 43-6985 near the German town of Linburg during a Target Withdrawal Support mission to Frankfurt. KIA. MACR 2790.
Palmyra, New Jersey, USA

Buried

Netherlands American Cemetery Re-Interred Netherlands American Cemetery Magratten, Netherlands. Plot H Row 17 Grave 19

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Sources

Brought in information from duplicate record. Sources:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2790, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
Research by user 'apollo11' and 'The Debden Eagles' by Garry L. Fry

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MACR 2790 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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