George Welker
Military
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UPL 7017
SSGT George Welker
Flight Engineer
Crew #707 - Howard A. Fisher Crew
KIA - 20 June 1944
Flight Engineer
Crew #707 - Howard A. Fisher Crew
KIA - 20 June 1944
Attlebridge Arsenal - Brassfield & Wassom
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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: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-802098
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: PIlot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 20 June 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Ohio, USA | 28 December 1919 | |
Enlisted |
Columbus, OH, USA | 30 July 1941 | Fort Hays |
Died |
Ashford, Ashford, Kent, UK | 20 June 1944 | KIA when his aircraft was hit damaged by flak on 20 June 1944. After being severely wounded he laid down on the flight deck just behind the control panel and passed away within minutes of being hit. The a/c was crash landed near RAF Ashford |
Buried |
22 June 1944 | ||
Buried |
Springfield, IL, USA | 28 July 1948 | Camp Butler National Cemetery |
Revisions
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Sources
"Attlebridge Arsenal" - Brassfield & Wassom, pages 91 & 92
also research provided by genealogist Marcia Melnyk
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book ATTLEBRIDGE ARSENAL by Wassom & Brassfield, page 331