George Vincent Brush

Military

George Brush was Left Waist Gunner on B-17 #42-39941 'Lucky Lady', shot down on 12 May 1944 over Southern Belgium. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Vernon L Moody

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37344164
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Ralph Jon Munn

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39555640
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Richard Francis Noble

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35002173 and O-453171
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Daniel G Viafore

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12120789 and O-818248
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

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Event Location Date Description

Born

Woodhaven, New York, USA 8 May 1909

Enlisted

Camp Upton, Yaphank, New York, United States 17 March 1942

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 12 May 1944 MACR 4819 mentions that, together with fellow crew members Leon Davies and Vernon Moody, George Brush was captured by the Gestapo in Sprimont, Belgium, in civilian clothes on 12 May 1944. There is no confirmation of this and either they were not in civilian clothes or they were arrested on a later date. NARA WWII POW database : "Interned in Germany - Returned to military control 8/6/45"

Died

14 July 1967

Buried

Long Island National Cemetery, Farmingdale, New York, United States

Revisions

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Capitalized the words "Waist Gunner" in the "Role/job" field.

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MACR 4819
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4819 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database