George R Choate Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
from boxted archive
Object Number - UPL 26465 - George Choate
Assigned to 62FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) strafing mission to Nienburg in P-47D 44-19929 hit by flak and seen to crash near Achlum Killed in Action (KIA) 24-Oct-44 MACR 10117.
Awards: AM (OLC), PH.
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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-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 62nd Fighter Squadron
Missions
- Date: 24 October 1944
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Watonga, OK 73772, USA | 12 October 1923 | Son of George Rudolph Sr and Lois Olivette [Edens] Choate. |
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Enlisted Entered service from |
Tulsa, OK, USA | 23 September 1942 | |
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Other Crashed |
20 miles Sth Johnson, NE 68379, USA | 10 June 1944 | Forced Landing Engine Failure due to Weather Cornfield 20 miles Sth of Johnson, NE Cat 4 damaged 2Lt George R Choate, 10-Jun-44. UC-78C 43-32023 - 262BU 2AF |
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Based |
Boxted | 21 August 1944 - 24 October 1944 | Assigned to 62FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Died |
8806 Achlum, Netherlands | 24 October 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) strafing mission to Nienburg in P-47D 44-19929 hit by flak and seen to crash near Achlum Killed in Action (KIA) 24-Oct-44 MACR 10117. |
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Buried |
Harlingen, Netherlands | 25 October 1944 | Interred Harlingen cemetery Netherlands |
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Buried |
Re-Interred Netherlands American Cemetery Plot A Row 3 Grave 4 | ||
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Other Pilot training |
Craig Air Field, Selma, AL 36701, USA | Flight training - Advanced - Craig Field, Selma, AL. |
Revisions
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http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbapi.asp?Pilot=Choate%2C+George…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56297571/george-r-choate
Brought in information from duplicate record. Source:
MACR 10117 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10117 / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
