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LOGAN, George Harry Jr - Date of
birth
26 February 1923 -
Age
21 - Place of
birth
Essex County, New Jersey -
Hometown
Essex County, New Jersey
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-694168 -
Rank
First Lieutenant -
Function
Pilot -
Unit
336th Fighter Squadron,
4th Fighter Group
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Awards
Distinguished Flying Cross,
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 5 Oak Leaf Clusters
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
2 October 1944 - Place of
death
Terwolde, Holland
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| B | 41 | 10 |
Immediate family
-
Members
George H. Logan Sr. (father)
Mary (Eager) Logan (mother)
Douglas H. Logan (brother)
Arthur H. Logan (brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
44-14172 -
Data
Type: P51D
Destination: Hamm, Germany
Mission: Bomber escort
MACR: 9253
More information
2nd Lt. Franklin W. Young stated:"I was flying #3 to Lt George H. Logan Jr, and we were at 23,000 feet on our way home from escorting bombers that bombed Hamm, Germany. I noticed he was flying very funny. This lasted about a minute when he pulled up very steep, and the aircraft did a half-roll and went straight down, doing a slow aileron roll. I did a spiral around him, reaching a speed of about 500. The last I saw of him, he went down through the clouds that were about 5,000 feet. I went down through the clouds to see where he crashed, but I could not see any smoke. This took place southeast of the Zuider Zee between Apeldoorn and Zwolle. As he was going down, I called him three times and asked if he was ok, but received no answer."
Lt Logan's body was completely mutilated and burned, and could not be identified. He was initially buried in the Terwolde Cemetery in Voorst on 5 October 1944.
Source of information: Michel Beckers, Kathy McDermott, www.wwiimemorial.com, Footnote, ancestry.com - New Jersey Birth Index, 1930 Census / Social Security Applications and Claims Index
Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Arie-Jan van Hees, Pilot Class Book 43-I, Goodfellow Field, Texas, Michel Beckers, www.findagrave.com