Paul J George

Military

Captain Paul George was flying as an observer on B-17 #42-29985 'Barrel House Bessie' when it was shot down on the Bremen mission, 8 October 1943. He was the first to jump out of the plane. Prisoner of War (POW). His nickname in camp was 'Pap's' as he was born in 1899...

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-679006
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20842063 at enlistment, then O-791459
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19091035
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier, Bombardier; Togglier

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Kathleen | Barrel House Bessie
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

11 October 1899

Enlisted

15 July 1929 (probably in the Air Corps...)

Other

bailed out

8 October 1943 of B-17 #42-29985 'Barrel House Bessie' when it was shot down on the Bremen mission

Other

Prisoner of War

8 October 1943 Interned at Stalag Luft 3, Sagan, Poland. Force-marched from there to Stalag 7A in Moosburg, Germany. Liberated there by US troops on 29 April 1945

Died

24 June 1987

Buried

Paul George rests at the Woodlawn Memory Gardens in St Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida

Revisions

Date
ContributorED-BB
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Sources

MACR 868
NARA WWII POW records
VETERANS' BIRLS Death file
http://www.306bg.us/

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / First Over Germany pg. 161 & 324, NARA