George Price Burnett Jr
MilitaryCaptain George Burnett Jr was Navigator on B-26 Serial #42-107588, hit by Flak on the 14 January 1945 mission to bomb the bridge at Steinebrück, Saint-Vith, Belgium. Wounded, he was captured - Prisoner of War (POW).
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 323rd Bomb Group 453rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35004343 and O-821391
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot / GEE Navigator on this mission
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Texas, United States | 7 May 1921 | |
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Enlisted |
Randolph Field, Texas, United States | 14 April 1942 | as an Aviation Cadet in the Air Corps |
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Other POW (Prisoner of War) |
Żagań, Poland | 14 January 1945 | Wounded in the leg by shrapnel wounds, he was captured and brought to to a field hospital in Hoffnungsthal near Köln (Cologne), Germany. From there, he was sent to the Interrogation Center at Dulag Luft, where he arrived on 9 March 1945. He was then sent to Stalag Luft 3 in Sagan, Poland and probably was on the Death March from there to Stalag 7A Moosburg, Germany. NARA WWII POW records “Returned to military control 21/07/1945” |
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Died |
Beasley, Fort Bend County, Texas, United States | 5 October 2000 | |
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Buried |
Cook-Walden/Forest Oaks Funeral Home and Memorial Park, Austin, Texas, United States |
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Contributorjmoore43
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Corrected the name by moving "Jr" from the surname field to the suffix field.
Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
ContributorED-BB
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MACR 11926
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
Personal research on plane and crew