George, David Edmond

Individual Personnel Data
Name	George, David Edmond ‡ ⇗
Rank	Staff Sergeant
Serial Number	39272639 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #72 dated 16 April 1944, effective 16 April 1944.
Duty	Flexible Gunner
MOS	748 - Army Airplane Mechanic / Gunner, Flight Engineer
Last Duty Date	27 April 1944
Results	Killed In Action Final Resting Place or Memorial: Greenwood Memorial Park, San Diego, California
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 17 January 1923
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 4350⇓ (11.045 MB)
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Morris, Roy John⇗	Pilot	KIA
2nd Lt. Hall, Lester Winfield⇗	Co-pilot	POW
2nd Lt. McGue, James Edward⇗	Navigator	KIA
2nd Lt. Sewack, John Mitchell⇗	Bombardier	KIA
S/SGT. Parker, Marion L⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	KIA
SGT. Pirrello, Richard Dominic⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	KIA
SGT. Reynolds, John Brooks, "Jack"⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	KIA
SGT. Potkay, Edward Joseph⇗	Tail Gunner	KIA
S/SGT. George, David Edmond	Flexible Gunner	KIA
SGT. Ulrich, Russell Harrison⇗	Flexible Gunner	KIA

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 1 Combat Mission.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
96⇗	27 April 1944	Target: V-Weapon Service Bunker (under construction) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Sottevast, France	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑97136⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Direct hit by flak immediately after bombs away; fire started in cockpit and spread throughout aircraft, which peeled off to the left and started down and then exploded; no chutes observed; crashed 2 km W of Valognes, France. MACR 4350 Sortie Report⇗

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