George Joseph Hellyar
Military
Pilot
340th BG - 488th BS - 12th AF
Object Number - UPL 54882 - George J. Hellyar Pilot 340th BG - 488th BS - 12th AF
The missions listed in the bio were gleaned from mission records/load lists. The missions do not represent his complete combat mission record.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 344th Bomb Squadron 488th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-156821
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-25 Mitchell
- Nicknames: Old Ironsides III
- Unit: 340th Bomb Group 488th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-25 Mitchell
- Unit: 340th Bomb Group 488th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-25 Mitchell
- Nicknames: Sweat Pea
- Unit: 340th Bomb Group 488th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-25 Mitchell
- Nicknames: Comin Over Hun
- Unit: 340th Bomb Group 489th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-25 Mitchell
- Nicknames: Duration Plus
- Unit: 340th Bomb Group 488th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Advanced Landing Ground Alesanie
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Middletown, Connecticut | 23 January 1921 | |
| Springfield, Massachussets | 15 February 1942 | 326 Allen Street Worked for the United States Government Federal Land Bank | |
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Other Combat Mission |
Zoagli, Italy | 12 July 1944 | 43-27729 |
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Other Combat Mission |
Ferrara, Italy | 13 July 1944 | 43-27657 |
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Other Combat Mission |
Aulla, Italy | 15 July 1944 | 43-27729 |
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Other Combat Mission |
Alessandria, Italy | 17 July 1944 | 43-27713 |
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Other Combat Mission |
Cervo, Italy | 25 July 1944 | 43-27522 |
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Other Combat Mission |
Ventimiglia, Italy | 9 August 1944 | 43-4025 |
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Other Combat Mission |
St. Tropez, France | 11 August 1944 | 43-27532 |
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Other Combat Mission |
La Ciotat, France | 12 August 1944 | 43-27703 |
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Other Combat Mission |
La Ciotat, France | 13 August 1944 | 43-4038 |
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Other Combat Mission |
St. Tropez, France | 14 August 1944 | |
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Other Combat Mission |
Antheor Beach, France | 15 August 1944 | 43-4038 |
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Other Combat Mission |
Avignon, France | 15 August 1944 | 2nd Mission of the Day 43-4038 |
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Other Combat Mission |
Livron, France | 16 August 1944 | 43-4064 |
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Other Combat Mission |
Valence, France | 20 August 1944 | 43-4038 |
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Other Combat Mission |
Parma, Italy | 21 August 1944 | 43-27551 |
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Other Combat Mission |
Settimo, Italy | 23 August 1944 | 43-3990 |
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Other Combat Mission |
Isle de Rattoneau, France | 24 August 1944 | 43-3990 |
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Other Combat Mission |
Isle de Rattoneau, France | 24 August 1944 | 2nd Mission of the Day 43-3990 |
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Other Combat Mission |
Isle de Rattoneau, France | 27 August 1944 | 43-3990 |
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Other Combat MIssion |
Feltre, Italy | 29 August 1944 | 43-27657 |
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Other Combat Mission |
Cittadella, Italy | 31 August 1944 | 43-27474 |
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Other Combat Mission |
Magenta, Italy | 3 October 1944 | |
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Other Combat Mission |
Canneto sull'Oglio, Italy | 11 October 1944 | 43-27749 |
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Other Combat Mission |
Casalvecchio, Italy | 12 October 1944 | 43-27770 |
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Other Combat Mission |
Faenza, Italy | 19 November 1944 | 43-27734 |
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Died |
Wilbraham, Massachussets | 19 February 2011 | WILBRAHAM - George J. Hellyar, 90, passed away peacefully on Saturday, February 19, 2011. He was the youngest of four sons of Thomas J. Hellyar, a conductor on the New York and New Haven Railroad, and Alice (Cunningham) Hellyar, a registered nurse at Springfield Hospital. While in grammar school, the family moved from Middletown, Connecticut, where he was born, to Springfield, Massachusetts. He attended the High School of Commerce, graduating as the president of the Class of 1939. In 1942, he enlisted in the Army Air Corp, serving as pilot of B-25 Mitchell bombers. He was stationed in Corsica and assigned to the 488th Bomb Squadron of the 12th Army Air Corp. For his 66 missions, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal (with seven Oak Leaf Clusters). After discharge from the Air Corp, George flew with the Massachusetts Air Nation Guard and remained active with the USAF Reserve, retiring with the rank of major. He was employed by the IBM Corporation for 35 years, supporting mainframe computer operations primarily at insurance companies in the Connecticut River valley. In 1962, George and his family moved from the Indian Orchard section of Springfield to Wilbraham. Since the early 1980s he has been active in area organ clubs, serving as president of the Sounds of Music Club for more than a dozen years. He was an active member of St. Cecilia's Parish in Wilbraham. George was predeceased by brothers Thomas and Edwin and is survived by brother Albert. George leaves his wife of 65 years, Eleanor, sons Kenneth and Mary Jane of Rochester, New York, Dennis and Glee of Winter Park, Florida, and daughters Gail and Patrick Hayes of Hubert, North Carolina and Mary and Evan Bandouveres of Wilbraham, Mass. He is also survived by fourteen grandchildren and fourteen great-grandchildren. |
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Buried |
Springfield, Massachussets | 24 February 2011 | Gate of Heaven Cemetery Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA |
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