George William Heginbotham

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 568BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. Crew Number 25 (Bill Spragins) crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Mannheim in B-17 42-107176 'Univited Missionaries'; crashed into channel Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 11801



Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 390th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19188108 / O-780054
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Uninvited Missionaires / The Missionaires
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron

Missions

  • Date: 21 January 1945

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Madisonville, KY 13 February 1922 Son of Thomas Chester and Georgia V [Cooke] Mason.

Died

North Sea 21 January 1945 A/C crashed/ditched in English Channel after suffering an engine failure during assembly. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 11801

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Framlingham 21 January 1945 Assigned to 568BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Tablet of The Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11801 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database