George Francis McMann Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 544BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. 12 combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Madgburg in B-17 43-37822 'Lead Banana' 28-Sep-44; Collided with 42-31222 'Lazy Daisy' coming off target, crashed near Ost Ingersleben. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 5793
Awards: PH.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37479451
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-764209
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Lead Banana
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 28 September 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Providence, RI | 26 September 1924 | Son of George F and Nellie McMann. |
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Based |
Grafton Underwood | 9 August 1944 - 28 September 1944 | Assigned to 544BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Promoted |
25 August 1944 | Promoted to Sergeant per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #171 dated 25 August 1944. | |
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Died Killed in action |
Ostingersleben, Germany | 28 September 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Madgburg 28-Sep-44; Collided with B-17 coming off target, crashed near Ost Ingersleben. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 5793 |
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Buried |
Ostingersleben, Germany | 29 September 1944 | Interred Ostingersleben cemetery |
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Other |
NoK - Father George F McMann resided Bridgeport, Connecticut. | ||
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Buried |
Netherlands American Cemetery | Re-Interred Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands Plot N Row 22 Grave 4 |
Revisions
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56301703/george-f-mcmann
Merged with duplicate entries to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=m...;
- http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=2631;
- MACR 9753 ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9753