George J Douroumes

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-21374.jpeg UPL 21374 George Douroumes - Boone, 458th BG, KIA Charles D Taylor collection

"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 19 "Killed in Action", by Charles D Taylor

Object Number - UPL 21374 - George Douroumes - Boone, 458th BG, KIA

Shot down 22 February 1945 in B-24 42-51215. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'

458th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-51215

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Killed in action

Germany 22 February 1945

Born

Boone, Iowa

Revisions

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Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 12659 ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12695 & Page 275 of the book LIBERATORS OVER EUROPE by Mackay, Bailey & Scorza, D790G458

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Object number: UPL 21374 - George Douroumes - Boone, 458th BG, KIA