George O Phillips Jr

Military

Assigned to 832BS, 486BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Brandenburg in B-17 43-37820; shot down near Ziesar 10-Apr-45 Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 13910



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

A diagrammatic layout of AAF Station 174 - the USAAF codename for Sudbury airfield - while the 486th Bomb Group were stationed at the airbase as of the 22 June 1944.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-025823
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Sudbury airfield looking south west, the bomb dump is to the upper right of the airfield, 29 February 1944. Photograph taken by 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, sortie number US/7PH/GP/LOC188. English Heritage (USAAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Acton

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

St Louis, Missouri 25 July 1922

Other

Baled out POW

Ziesar, Germany 10 April 1945 Failed to Return (FTR) Brandenburg in B-17 43-37820; shot down near Ziesar 10-Apr-45 POW MACR 13910

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

10 April 1945 Prisoner of War (POW).

Died

Topeka, KS 21 September 1984

Buried

Memorial Park Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, KS 25 September 1984 Memorial Park Cemetery Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas

Based

Sudbury 10 April 1945 Assigned to 832BS, 486BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13910