Bill Geary

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

TG, Martin crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. Shot down 22 June 1943 in B-17 #42-30021. Mission #1 - Antwerp, Belgium. First 533rd BS loss. MACR 160. Killed in Action (KIA). The aircraft crashed into the River Scheldt, Eastern Scheldt basin near Krabbendijke, Belgium.

West Mayfield, PA

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13043065
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37284798
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-734686 (17062573)
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39002488
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16022402
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer / Top Turret Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron

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Born

West Mayfield, Pennsylvania, USA 19 February 1923

Enlisted

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA 8 July 1942

Other

Killed in Action

Krabbendijke, Belgium 22 June 1943

Based

Ridgewell 22 June 1943

Buried

Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, USA Grandview Cemetery

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381st BGMA
533rd Bomb Squadron War Diary
242nd Medical Detachment Diary
MACR 160
Fold.3
Find-A-Grave
NARA- Enlistment records
They Came from Over the Pond - David Osborne
The Mighty Men of the 381st - James Good Brown

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381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 160 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 160 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database