George Thomas Condeelis

Military

Assigned to 720BS, 450BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Vienna mission 7-Oct-44 in B-24 42-52443; A/C abandoned as running low of fuel North of Mostar, Yugoslavia. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 9135



Awards: PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

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

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 450th Bomb Group 720th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15134066 / O-823337
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 450th Bomb Group 720th Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA 16 September 1924 Son of George Sr and Agnes Condeelis.

Enlisted

Wilkes Barre, PA 10 April 1943 Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania

Other

Baled out POW

Nth of Mostar, Yugoslavia 7 October 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Vienna mission 7-Oct-44 in B-24 42-52443; A/C abandoned as running low of fuel North of Mostar, Yugoslavia. POW MACR 9135

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 7 October 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III.

Died

Hickory, NC 28 October 2013

Buried

Green Hills Cemetery Asheville, Buncombe County, NC 31 October 2013 Green Hills Cemetery Asheville, Buncombe County, NC

Based

Manduria 7 October 1944 Assigned to 720BS, 450BG, 15AF USAAF.