George Read Jansen

Military

Assigned to 68BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. TDY to 9AF for Ploesti raid. Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1-Aug-43, flying B-24 Liberator 42-40071.



Joined Sqd 3-Aug-42.

ETO/Flight Echelon 2-Oct-42.

DS/Benghazi 26-Jun-43.

Returned to base 26-Aug-43.

DS/Tunis 16-Sep-43.

Returned to base via ATC 4-Oct-43.

Promoted to C. O. 16-Nov-43.

Completed tour 6-Apr-44.

Trans/12 RCD 11-Apr-44.



Awards: DFC (2OLC), AM (2OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.

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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
  • Nicknames: - Margaret Ann II
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Sacramento, California 9 December 1920

Enlisted

5 January 1942

Died

Newport Beach, CA 14 March 1992

Buried

Pacific View Memorial Park Corona del Mar, Orange County, CA 17 March 1992 Pacific View Memorial Park Corona del Mar, Orange County, California

Based

6 April 1944 Assigned to 68BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Webb Todd