George Albert Bridgeman
Military
Picture is from family album given to me by my grandfather, George Bridgeman
Object Number - UPL 49744 - 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.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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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 | |
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Buried |
Northview Cemetery New Martinsville, Wetzel County, WV | 13 April 2018 | Northview Cemetery New Martinsville, Wetzel County, West Virginia |
Revisions
Corrected birth year from 1915 to 1925 following notification from George Albert Bridgeman's family.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self
