George Edmund Obrovatz

Military

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Units served with

A B-25 Mitchell (7C) of the 340th Bomb Group, 12th Air Force takes off.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Ninth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 340th Bomb Group 487th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-810110
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 340th Bomb Group 487th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-822414
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-25 Mitchell
  • Nicknames: McKinley Jr. High
  • Unit: 340th Bomb Group 487th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Uniontown, PA 3 June 1921
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 15 February 1942 112 W. North Street Worked for McCulloch Engineering Co.

Enlisted

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 9 June 1942

Buried

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 9 September 1943 Wood National Cemetery Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA PLOT 40 15 16

Other

Shot Down/Captured

near Gricigliana Railroad Bridge, Italy 22 June 1944

Died

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 5 September 1973

Other

POW

Tychowo, Poland Stalag Luft IV