George Henry Bruer
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 25647
S/Sgt George H Bruer 749BS, 457BG, 8AF.
Assigned to 749FS, 457BG, 8AF USAAF. Returning to base from diversion airfield, letting down on instruments, crashed two miles north of Great Rollright, Oxfordshire, UK (the crash site was actually in Warwickshire) 23-12-44. Died Non Battle (DNB).
Awards: PH.
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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: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16134977 / O-812261
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bomber pilot
Aircraft
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Document 30710
Remembering the Crew of B-17G 43-38812.
Added caption and association.
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 19 December 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Connington
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
St Johns County, FL, USA | 13 July 1922 | |
Enlisted |
Jacksonville, FL, USA | 10 December 1941 | |
Died |
Great Rollright, Chipping Norton OX7, UK | 23 December 1944 | Returning to base from diversion airfield, letting down on instruments, crashed two miles north of Great Rollright, Oxfordshire, UK (the crash site was actually in Warwickshire) 23-12-44. Died Non Battle (DNB). |
Florida, USA | |||
Based |
Glatton | 23 December 1944 | Assigned to 749FS, 457BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Interred. | ||
Buried |
St Augustine, FL, USA | Re-Interred St Augustine National Cemetery Saint Augustine St. Johns County Florida, USA. |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.457thbombgroup.org/roster/Bnames.html