George Gibson Polley Jr

Military

Prisoner of War (POW). Shot down 4 January 1944 in B-17 #42-5838 'Mad Money II. ' Target was Kiel, Germany. Emergency landing near Asnaes, Denmark.



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Mad Money II
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron

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Born

Marblehead, Massachusetts 25 February 1922

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1483, Losses of 8th AF, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…