George Louis Latches
Military ROLL OF HONOURThe Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, Utah) · Sun, Nov 11, 1945
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Assigned to 401BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Stendahl in B-17 'Time A-Wastin' 42-102504; hit by flak, exploded mid-air near Stendahl Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 14295
Awards: AM (3OLC), PH.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16119867 / O-828502
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Times A-Wastin
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA | 18 January 1919 | Son of Louis and Erine Latches. |
Enlisted |
Salt Lake City, UT | 8 October 1942 | Salt Lake City, Utah |
Died |
Stendal, Germany | 8 April 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) Stendahl in B-17 'Time A-Wastin' 42-102504; hit by flak, exploded mid-air near Stendahl KIA MACR 14295 |
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Bassingbourn | 8 April 1945 | Assigned to 401BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Liege, Belgium Plot C Row 35 Grave 19 |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 14295 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database