George Carlton Sevy

Military
media-38128.jpeg UPL 38128 Unsure if this is under Pilot Oliver Smith or John Edelman. My grandfather, Peter Brennan, togglier in the 388th Bomb Group in the 561st Squadron in the 8th Air force. (Peter Brennan on bottom row, far right- on the end)

This is the Othello Dale Smith Crew

Othello Dale Smith Crew 388th BG - 562nd BS Standing Left to Right: Othello D. Smith (P), John E. Stevens (CP), Chester P. Hewitt (N), unidentified Kneeling Left to Right: Carl Kindelt R/O), Edward J. Huntzinger (FE), John B. Martin (BTG), Douglas N. Woods (TG), George C. Sevy (WG), Peter J. Brennan (TOG) Stevens and Kindelt would be KIA. Sevy would be WIA and Martin would be a POW. Peter J Brennan collection

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Object Number - UPL 38128 - Unsure if this is under Pilot Oliver Smith or John Edelman. My grandfather, Peter Brennan, togglier in the 388th Bomb Group in the 561st Squadron in...

WIA

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.

388th Bomb Group

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

People

Othello Dale Smith

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-770817
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-97210

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Jamaica Ginger
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron

42-97328

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Heaven's Above
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron

43-38933

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Dear Mom II/Weary Wolf
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron

44-6582

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron

Missions

A B-17 Flying Fortress (EP-E, serial number 42-31767) nicknamed "Our Gal Sal" of the 100th Bomb Group at Mount Farm. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group. Written on slide casing: 'Our Gal Sal EP-E, 231767 at Mount Farm.'

772

  • Date: 31 December 1944
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-5725) nicknamed "This is IT!" of the 381st Bomb Group opens her bomb bay doors during a mission.

770

  • Date: 30 December 1944

766

  • Date: 28 December 1944

750

  • Date: 15 December 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Salt Lake City, UT 27 December 1924
West Los Angeles, CA 27 December 1942 11343 Iowa Avenue

Enlisted

Los Angeles, CA 13 September 1943

Other

388th BG Combat Tour

Knettishall Airfield, UK 16 November 1944 - 31 December 1944

Other

Wounded In Action

Hamburg, Germany 31 December 1944 Sevy was flying as waist gunner with the O.D. Smith Crew when they were attacked by German fighters and then hit by flak. The Co-Pilot was killed and Sevy was wounded. The Radio Operator (Leon Smith) and Ball Turret Gunner (John B. Martin) administered to his wounds.

Died

Northridge, CA 27 December 2011

Buried

Los Angeles, CA 30 December 2011 Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills) Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA Add to Map Plot Ascending Dawn, Lot 6283, Space 4

Revisions

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Sources

https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2238/images/43995_04_0…
"The 388th At War" - Edward J. Huntzinger, page 196-197
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/178571442/george-carlton-sevy

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.388bg.info/Personnel.html

George Carlton Sevy: Gallery (2 items)

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