Rank and Name, Staff Sergeant George Petula.
Unit/Placed in, 713th Bomber Squadron, 448th Bomber Group (Heavy).
George is born approx. on 1923 in New York.
Mother, Katherine Petula.
Born in Austria.
Brother(s), Andrew Petula.
Born in New Jersey.
George enlisted the service in New York with service number # 12183208.
George ‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a B-24H were,
2nd Lt. James E. Urban Pilot
2nd Lt. Alden P. Anthony Co Pilot
2nd Lt. Stanley Friedman Bombardier
2nd Lt. Fred Brenner Navigator
S/Sgt. Howard M. Smith Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
S/Sgt. Wendell R. McClellan Radio Operator/Asst. Top Turret Gunner
T/Sgt. Roy D. Barber Asst. Engineer/Right Waist Gunner
S/Sgt. Joseph B. Deffner Ball Turret Gunner
S/Sgt. John J. Kelly Tail Gunner
S/Sgt. George Petula Left Waist Gunner
George was KIA on the Mission to Brunswick, Germany, when the plane got shot by enemy fighters and crashed on Jan. 11, 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
George is buried/mentioned at Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands.
Thanks to, https://www.seethingtower.org/
Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Philppine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
