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JOB, George Curtiss Jr - Date of
birth
27 May 1919 -
Age
24 - Place of
birth
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey -
Hometown
Albany, Albany County, New York
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-1699302 -
Rank
Captain -
Function
Command Pilot -
Unit
562nd Bombardment Squadron,
388th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
6 March 1944 - Place of
death
Klazienaveen, the Netherlands
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| O | 2 | 13 |
Immediate family
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Members
George C. Job Sr. (father)
Dorothy B. (Fitfield) Job (mother)
Joyce Job (sister)
Virginia F. (Newcomb) Job (wife)
George C. Job III (son)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-40054 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Jinny
Destination: Berlin, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Friedrichstrasse railroad station
MACR: 3092
More information
George C. Job III attended Albany High School and the University of Alabama.He was a flying instructor for the Royal Canadian Air Force at the Troy Airport before entering the Air Corps of the Army of the United States on 20 May 1942.
On the return route, in the vicinity of Quakenbrück, airplane 42-37886 was hit by enemy fighters. Flames were seen coming out from the cockpit and the #3 engine, and the vertical tail fin was partially shot off. The airplane pulled out of formation slightly, and three parachutes came out. Then the airplane started to climb and went up into the lead squadron, striking airplane 42-40054.
Five crew members were taken prisoner, and five were killed during the crash. They were initially buried at the cemetery of Schoonebeek on 10 March 1944. An eleventh crew member, John Blatz, died of his injuries in a POW hospital on 18 March 1944. He is buried at Lorraine Cemetery.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees, www.newspapers.com - The Troy Record
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.388bg.org, www.fold3.com