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George W McCleary

Military

  • Personnel, including John A Miller, of the 349th Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group outside a Nissen hut. John A Miller, A veteran waist gunner of the 100th Bomb Group has handwritten on reverse: 'July 1944, 349th BS- 100th BG. Lt to Rt Rear: Al Bridges (WG), Pat Madsen (TT), George McCleary (TG). Front: Larry Pratt (E), Marcena

    Personnel, including John A Miller, of the 349th Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group outside a Nissen hut. John A Miller, A veteran waist gunner of the 100th Bomb Group has handwritten on reverse: 'July 1944, 349th BS- 100th BG. Lt to Rt Rear: Al Bridges (WG), Pat Madsen (TT), George McCleary (TG). Front: Larry Pratt (E), Marcena "Dottie" Dottoviano (TG) (KIA 7-29-44) Congratulating John A Miller (WG) on receiving DFC.'

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  • The Ralph W Wright Crew, 100th Bomb Group, 349th Squadron Standing, L-R: Bernard Palmquist; Robert Montonado; Pat Madsen; Jack Willburn; George McCleary. Kneeling, L-R: Ralph Wright; Jack Raper; Carl Herrmann; Richard Curran

    The Ralph W Wright Crew, 100th Bomb Group, 349th Squadron Standing, L-R: Bernard Palmquist; Robert Montonado; Pat Madsen; Jack Willburn; George McCleary. Kneeling, L-R: Ralph Wright; Jack Raper; Carl Herrmann; Richard Curran

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LANCASTER, PA. NOC

Service

Units served with

Aircraft

  • 42-38053 Cap'n Crow

    B-17 Flying Fortress
    Delivered Cheyenne 26/11/43; Wendover 20/12/43; Assigned 457BG Glatton 10/2/44; transferred 349BS/100BG [XR-G] Thorpe Abbotts 21/1/44; soon after t/off to Berlin 7/5/44 with Ralph Wright, Co-pilot: Jack Raper, Navigator: Rich Curran, Bombardier: Carl...

Associated Place

  • Thorpe Abbotts

    Military site : airfield
    Home of the 'Bloody Hundredth’, a Bomb Group with a reputation for high casualty rates, Thorpe Abbotts was under USAAF control from June 1943 to the end of the war. Some of the airfield survives today, and the control tower houses the 100th Bomb Group...

Events

Event Location Date
Nationality
American
Nickname
Not yet known
Service numbers
Not yet known
Highest rank
Staff Sergeant
Role/job
Waist Gunner
Awards
Not yet known

Revisions

Date Contributor Update
12 July 2015 21:49:43 Tom Changes to firstname, aircraft associations and media associations
Sources

Added first name and associated aircraft 42-3805 using https://100thbg.com/index.php?option=com_bombgrp&view=personnel&Itemid=3...
Date Contributor Update
27 September 2014 18:10:33 AAM AAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.mcadams.org/fpdb/sqds_name2.asp

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