George A Meuse

Military

Shot down 26-Nov-44, Prisoner of War (POW) Luft 1 #6443 No. 3 Compound, on 12th Mission in B-24J 44-40271 6x-K 'House of Rumor'. Retired 31-Jan-65 as Lt Col. WWII, Korea, Vietnam. B-29 58 mission Lorea; F81F Vietnam VNAF. He afterwards flew a Lear jet for Brandeis Dept Stores and then became a partner in JEMECO Flying Service in Missouri offering charter flights, instruction etc. etc. finally retiring in 1990.



AM/l cluster; Purple Heart

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Units served with

A Pathfinder B-24 Liberator (V2-P+, serial number 42-51691) of the 491st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '491 BG supplying troops at Arnhem, Sept 1944.'

491st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

44-40271

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: House of Rumor
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 854th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Brookline, Massachusetts, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 26 November 1944

Revisions

Date
ContributorHelen
Changes
Sources

Ringmasters Spring 2002

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10766 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / self , MACR 10766 & Page 350 in the book 2ND AIR DIVISIONby Turner Publishing Company, 1998 edition (D790.A2S45)