William George Mears

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media-54694.jpeg UPL 54694 William George Mears

Object Number - UPL 54694 - William George Mears

Joined crew 10 April 1942. Shot down 6 December 1942 in B-24 41-23786 while serving as Radio Operator. Plane crashed into Channel. Killed in Action. First loss for the 44th BG.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
B-24 Liberators of the 44th Bomb Group line up for takeoff at Shipdham in 1943. The 'Flying Eight-Ball' emblem of the 68th Bomb Squadron is visible on the nose of the leading aircraft. Image stamped with field press censor, 1943. Press Agency photograph- original printed caption has been removed.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron

Missions

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Events

Event Location Date Description

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Killed in action

6 December 1942

Born

Quechee, Vermont

Other

Commemorated

Neupré, Belgium Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Ardennes American Cemetery.

Revisions

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Sources

Lee Cunningham 3-Dec-2014. COMBINED data from DUPLICATE entry cause be ingest of data from National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia. Added KIA event per MACR 2920.

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 9-Nov-2014. Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 2920; American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC).

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Webb Todd, MACR 2920. Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 52

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