George Henry Gagne
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Assigned to 600BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Dessau in B-17 42-102498 30-May-44; Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 5312
Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 398th Bomb Group 600th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-809892
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Tailend Charlie
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 600th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Waterbury, CT | 14 February 1921 | |
Enlisted |
29 January 1943 | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 30 May 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
Other Discharged USAAF |
27 November 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
Waterbury, CT | 7 January 2002 | |
Buried |
Calvary Cemetery Waterbury, New Haven County, CT | 11 January 2002 | Calvary Cemetery Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, |
Based |
Nuthampstead | 30 May 1944 | Assigned to 600BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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398th History Vol 1 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia