George Hubert Marling

Military

Assigned to 413BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. Crash landed in a field near East Shropham due to the props on two engines running away on form-up for a mission to Frankfurt on 4-Feb-44 in B-17 42-30188 'Temptation'. RTD.



Shot down 24-Apr-44 in B-17 42-97620. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 4164



Awards: AM (3OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

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

People

Joseph Forman Meacham

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32026680 / O-742758
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-30188

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Cat’s Sass Temptation
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron

42-97620

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Stalag XVII-B

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Seymour, Indiana, USA 14 June 1920 George L and Lora [Stradley] Marling.

Enlisted

Louisville, KY 5 October 1942 Louisville, Kentucky

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Krems an der Donnau, Austria 24 April 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag XVIIb.

Other

Discharged USAAF

7 September 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

Seymour, IN 9 August 1992

Buried

Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery Seymour, Jackson County, IN 12 August 1992 Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery Seymour, Jackson County, Indiana

Based

Snetterton Heath 24 February 1944 Assigned to 413BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4164 / MACR 4164, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces; Snetterton Falcons, pg 61 & 133 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database