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First Lieutenant George A. Bridgeman Pilot B-24 Liberator
35 missions from 1 August 1944 to 6 January 1945. 1944:
August 1 - Melun; 2 - Montereau; 3 - Harnes; 4 - Rostock; 5 - Fallersleben; 6 - Kiel; 8 - Clastres; 16 - Magdeburg; 24 - Waggum; 25 - Liege;
September 11 - Magdeburg; 22 - Kassel; 25 - Coblenz; 26 - Hamm; 27 - Kassel;
October 2 - Hamm; 5 - Lippstadt; 6 - Hamburg; 7 - Zellerfeld; 22 - Hamm;
November 2 - Bielefeld; 4 - Merseburg; 5 - Karlsruhe; 6 - Minden; 16 - Eschweiler; 21 - Hamburg;
December 5 - Munster; 11 - Hanau; 24 - Ahrweiler; 25 - Hallschlag; 28 - Kaiserslautern; 30 - Mechenich; 1945: Jan 2 - Neuwied; 5 - Neunkirchen; 6 - Coblenz.
He flew all 35 missions before his 20th birthday, making him one of the youngest, possibly THE youngest, B-24 pilot to have completed 35 missions over Europe.
Awards: DFC, AM (5OLC), BS, WWII Victory, EAME.
Service
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Group
The 93rd Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated 1 Mar 42 at Barksdale Field, Louisiana. On 15 May 42. the Group moved to Ft. Myers, Florida, to continue advanced flight training and also to fly antisubmarine patrols over the Gulf of Mexico. They...
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Associated Place
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Military site : airfield
Planned as an RAF bomber airfield, Hardwick was used first by the 310th Bomb Group, equipped with B-25 Mitchells. B-24 Liberators of the 93rd Bomb Group moved in briefly in March 1943, then returned in June 1943 remaining until the end of the war and...
Events
Event |
Location |
Date |
Born |
New Martinsville, West Virginia |
15 February 1925 |
Son of George Benjamin and Georgia [Long] Bridgeman.
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Enlisted |
Pittsburgh, PA |
13 February 1943 |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Died |
New Martinsville, WV |
10 April 2018 |
Buried |
Northview Cemetery
New Martinsville, Wetzel County, WV |
13 April 2018 |
Northview Cemetery
New Martinsville, Wetzel County, West Virginia
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