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Personal info

Full name
MAC DERMOTT, George Edward
Date of birth
23 February 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut
Hometown
Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
O-765702
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Bombardier
Unit
748th Bombardment Squadron,
457th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 September 1944
Place of death
Near Hornburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 22 44

Immediate family

Members
George H. Mac Dermott (father)
Anna P. (Mink) Mac Dermott (mother)
Thelma G. Mac Dermott (sister)
Jacqueline E. Mac Dermott (sister)
Virginia Mac Dermott (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
43-38026
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Magdeburg, Germany
Mission: Bombing of a tank factory
MACR: 9770

More information

2nd Lt George E. Mac Dermott was employed at the Mitchell Dairy Company before he joined the Regular Army in Bridgeport, Connecticut on 21 September 1940.

Twenty-five to fifty Me-109s and FW-190s attacked the group just before the initial point of the bombing run.

The airplane exploded in the air and burned after the crash. One crew member survived and was taken prisoner, eight men were killed.

2nd Lt. George E. Mac Dermott didn't bail out.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com- Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men /Robert Amerman Family Tree / 1940 Census, www.fold3.com- MACR
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