Name | Singer, George Robert ‡ |
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 |
MOS | 1034 - 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 |
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Related Documents | Missing Air Crew Report # 15567⇓ (0.525 MB) |
CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
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Flt. Ofcr. Cuddeback, Thomas Augusta⇗ | Pilot | POW |
Flt. Ofcr. Adair, Luther Ewell, Jr⇗ | Co-pilot | POW |
2nd Lt. Singer, George Robert | Navigator | KIA |
2nd Lt. Dillon, James Francis, Jr, "Bud"⇗ | Bombardier | POW |
S/SGT. Fink, Philip James⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | EV |
S/SGT. Suchy, Albert Leonard⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | POW |
S/SGT. Bessey, Edward Thomas⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | KIA |
SGT. Bonar, Buryl Kenneth, "Buck"⇗ | Flexible Gunner | TBD |
S/SGT. Riley, John H⇗ | Flexible Gunner | TBD |
S/SGT. Schmid, Charles E⇗ | Flexible Gunner | TR |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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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⇗ |