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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Gregory Manuel Georges

Hometown

Whitman, Massachusetts

Honored By

A Grateful American

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF SERGEANT AND SERVED AS AN AIR GUNNER IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION AT THE AGE OF 21 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 101 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS AVRO LANCASTER MK 1 (W4319) DRIFTED OFF COURSE AND WAS SHOT DOWN BY FRIENDLY FIRE AT DORMANSTOWN, MIDDLESBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND ON DECEMBER 17, 1942. BURIED AT THORNABY-ON-TEES CEMETERY, THORNABY-ON-TEES, YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND. COMMEMORATED AT SAINT JAMES CEMETERY, WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS.