George L Martin
Military ROLL OF HONOURLt. Martin joined the USAAF from Pennslyvania. His plane was shot down by flak and crashed near Paris in B-17 #4297524 Killed in Action (KIA). The flak hit the number 3 engine and the plane went out of control while three crewmen managed to bail out. Then Lt. Martin regained control of the airship long enough to enable another four crewmen to parachute out before the plane disappeared in its own smoke and out of sight.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
22 June 1944 | ||
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Born |
Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania, USA | ||
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
France | 22 June 1944 |
Revisions
http://www.usaafdata.com/?q=node/152928 and "The Women with Silver Wings" by Katherine Sharp Landeck
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5916 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database