George C Worthington

Military
Air Force bomber plane parked on grass surrounded by ten super-imposed small photographs of the heads of then men UPL 65498 UPL 65498 Gaulke Crew, 856th BS, 492nd BG. While interned at Västerås, Sweden, Warren Branch put together this keepsake montage of the men of the Gaulke Crew 602, using a photo of an interned 389th BG Liberator in the background.

photo coutesy of Karen Cline, daughter of Gaulke Crew gunner Warren Branch.  http://www.492ndbombgroup.com/photos/crew-photos/602-Gaulke-01.html

856th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group 379 42-95011 North Pickenham Andrew J Fry Francis X Baker Vernie O Honberger Leon J Sawyer George C Worthington John G Murdock Frederick D Gaulke Charles R Easton Robert I Keehn Warren G Branch On

Object Number - UPL 65498 - Gaulke Crew, 856th BS, 492nd BG. While interned at Västerås, Sweden, Warren Branch put together this keepsake montage of the men of the Gaulke...

Shot down 29 May 1944 in B-24 #4295011. Landed in Sweden. Interned.

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Units served with

A Swedish Soldier guards a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40159) nicknamed "Boulder Buff" of the 492nd Bomb Group that has landed in Sweden.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

Nine men in Air Force uniform posed in front of a Air Force bomber plane.  Five men standing in rear and four men seated in front
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 858th Bomb Squadron

Events

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Interned (INT)

Germany 29 May 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5220 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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