George W Green

Military

Prisoner of War (POW). On 16-February-1943 in B-17F #42-5175 while serving as Right Waist Gunner the aircraft was damaged by flak and 2 engines were hit on the bomb run over the target at St. Nazaire, France. Fighters then attacked and Lt Downing gave orders to bail out. Nine crew members bailed out safely and 2 were able to evade. Gunner Harvey Ross was the only casualty.



POW

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

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Prisoner of War (POW)

Krems an der Donau, Austria 16 February 1943 - 6 June 1945 Held at Stalag 17B, Braunau-Gneikendorf (near Krems) Austria. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 6-Jun-45.

Born

Kansas

Revisions

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Added Some Punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.

 

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Added punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.

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Lee Cunningham 21-Feb-2015. Confirmed SN per MACR 15471; Added POW event per National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database; Made connections to Decoration, Place and Mission within existing website data; Added crew position and loss details to Biography per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15471 / MACR 15471, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey, p. 78 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database