Singer, George Robert

Individual Personnel Data
Name Singer, George Robert   ‡
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Rank Second Lieutenant
Serial Number O-736898   ‡
Unit Assignments Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho, Special Orders #70 dated 11 March 1943, effective 11 March 1943.
Duty Navigator
MOS1034 - Navigator
Last Duty Date 26 June 1943
Results Killed In Action
Final Resting Place or Memorial: Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France: Plot A Row 23 Grave 39
Additional Information
  • Date of Birth: 4 October 1917
Related Documents Missing Air Crew Report # 15567⇓ (0.525 MB)




Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Original 384th Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER POSITION RESULTS
Flt. Ofcr. Cuddeback, Thomas Augusta⇗PilotPOW
Flt. Ofcr. Adair, Luther Ewell, Jr⇗Co-pilotPOW
2nd Lt. Singer, George RobertNavigatorKIA
2nd Lt. Dillon, James Francis, Jr, "Bud"⇗BombardierPOW
S/SGT. Fink, Philip James⇗Radio Operator / GunnerEV
S/SGT. Suchy, Albert Leonard⇗Engineer / Top Turret GunnerPOW
S/SGT. Bessey, Edward Thomas⇗Ball Turret GunnerKIA
SGT. Bonar, Buryl Kenneth, "Buck"⇗Flexible GunnerTBD
S/SGT. Riley, John H⇗Flexible GunnerTBD
S/SGT. Schmid, Charles E⇗Flexible GunnerTR

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 2 Combat Missions.
Number Date Target Position Aircraft Mission/Sortie Information
2⇗ 25 June 1943 Target: Industrial Area & Submarine Pens
Type: Military
Location: Hamburg, Germany
Navigator 42‑3188⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Bombed an unknown city.
Sortie Report⇗
3⇗ 26 June 1943 Target: Villacoublay Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Paris, France
Navigator 42‑3188⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Failed To Return
Initially attacked east of Caen, France, by enemy aircraft; lost altitude rapidly; crashed in La Chapelle-Hareng, France. MACR 15567
Sortie Report⇗

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