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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Arthur E Robinson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Myron L Sorden

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-749456
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

John K Spell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Robert George Van Dragt

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36187161
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Patrick A Walsh

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12095603
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

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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

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

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