George William Owen Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Family photo used by permission.
Object Number - UPL 50739
Pilot, Killed in Action (KIA) 12 September 1944 in B-17 #43-38355, over Üplingen, Germany. Joint interment with his co-pilot.
Connections
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 863rd Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
Chicago, IL, USA | 11 August 1922 | |
|
Enlisted |
Chicago, Illinois, USA | 7 December 1941 | |
|
Died |
Üplingen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany | 12 September 1944 | |
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Buried |
Camp Butler National Cemetery, Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, USA | 15 February 1950 | Reinterment from Sessenheim Communal Cemetery, Sessenheim, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France |
Revisions
Birth: Cook County, Illinois Birth Index, 1916-1935: https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=1499&h=2674082…
Enlisted: U.S., Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2019, http://tinyurl.com/7aevbu7
Burial: U.S., National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962, https://bit.ly/3d4zVfr
Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
MACR, family records
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8871 / MACR 8871, http://493bgdebach.co.uk/roster_list.php / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
