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Personal info

Full name
MCGEE, George Patrick
Date of birth
14 August 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Berlin, Coos County, New Hampshire
Hometown
Berlin, Coos County, New Hampshire

Military service

Service number
O-720688
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Navigator
Unit
751st Bombardment Squadron,
457th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 November 1944
Place of death
Near Eisleben, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 2 18

Immediate family

Members
William P. McGee (father)
Elizabeth A. (Rooney) McGee (mother)
Robert E. McGee (brother)
William F. McGee (brother)
Mildred M. (Johnson) McGee (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
42-106998
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Paper Doll
Destination: Merseburg, Germany
Mission: Bombin of the synthetic oil plants
MACR: 10322

More information

Our B-17 was shot out of the air by 20mm fire of FW-190’s.

He died while he and the pilot and the bombardier where trying to open the forward escape hatch which was frozen and the airplane blew up.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand-Failly, France.

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 / Bedard Family Tree, www.fold3.com – MACR, www.findagrave.com – C Lincoln Edmonson
Photo source: Peter Schouteten