George Read Jansen
MilitaryAssigned to 68BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. TDY to 9AF for Ploesti raid. Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1-Aug-43, flying B-24 Liberator 42-40071.
Joined Sqd 3-Aug-42.
ETO/Flight Echelon 2-Oct-42.
DS/Benghazi 26-Jun-43.
Returned to base 26-Aug-43.
DS/Tunis 16-Sep-43.
Returned to base via ATC 4-Oct-43.
Promoted to C. O. 16-Nov-43.
Completed tour 6-Apr-44.
Trans/12 RCD 11-Apr-44.
Awards: DFC (2OLC), AM (2OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - Margaret Ann II
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Sacramento, California | 9 December 1920 | |
Enlisted |
5 January 1942 | ||
Died |
Newport Beach, CA | 14 March 1992 | |
Buried |
Pacific View Memorial Park Corona del Mar, Orange County, CA | 17 March 1992 | Pacific View Memorial Park Corona del Mar, Orange County, California |
Based |
6 April 1944 | Assigned to 68BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Webb Todd