James Eugene Geary
Military
UPL 67095
UPL 67095
384th Bomb Group Lead Crews/22 December 1943, Osnabrück (Industry).
Back L-R: Pendleton Baldwin (N), Rudolph Aune (FG), Clarence Anderson (RO), Kermit Pierce (B), Dean Marshall (TT).
Front L-R: Charles Stearman (BT), George Redding (FG), Abraham Abramowitz (FG), Alfred Sprague (P), James Geary (CP).
544th Bomb Squadron
384th Bomb Group
VIII Bomber Command 161
42-37848
Grafton Underwood
Pendleton G Baldwin
Rudolph Aune
Clarence D Anderson
Kermit A Pierce
Dean W Marshall
Charles L Stearman
George T Redding
Abraham B Abramowitz
Alfred L Sprague
James Eugene Geary
On
Back L-R: Pendleton Baldwin (N), Rudolph Aune (FG), Clarence Anderson (RO), Kermit Pierce (B), Dean Marshall (TT).
Front L-R: Charles Stearman (BT), George Redding (FG), Abraham Abramowitz (FG), Alfred Sprague (P), James Geary (CP).
Shot down and crashed near Cherbourg, FR on a mission to Frankfurt am Main on 8 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-39784 'Cabin in the Sky. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20243890 at enlistment, then O-683297
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Cabin In The Sky
- Unit: Base Air Depot 1 303rd Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 8 February 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Oklahoma City , Oklahoma, USA | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 8 February 1944 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2496 / MACR 2496, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database