George Edward Bodoney Dumitras

Military

Assigned to 854BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF. Flew on AC 44-40202. Hannover mission 11-Sep-44 in B-24 42-95007. Hit by flak, 2 x crew baled out. Wounded in Action (WIA) RTD MACR 9737



Awards: SS, PH, WWII Victory, EAME.

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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

People

Edgar Lloyd Murff

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 854th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-804490
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-95007

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

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Grosse Point, MI 26 July 1917 Son of Margaret Mennell.

Enlisted

Camp Perry Lacarne, OH 27 May 1942 Camp Perry Lacarne, Ohio

Other

Wounded in Action (WIA)

Germany 11 September 1944 Flew on AC 44-40202. Hannover mission 11-Sep-44 in B-24 42-95007. Hit by flak, 2 x crew baled out. WIA RTD MACR 9737

Other

Discharged USAAF

6 December 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

Orwell, OH 19 August 1987

Buried

North Colebrook Cemetery New Lyme, Ashtabula County, OH 22 August 1987 North Colebrook Cemetery New Lyme, Ashtabula County, Ohio

Other

Hospitalised

Fractured Metacarpal bones.

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Sources

MACR 9737 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database