World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
George Elliott Bair
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Honored By
William Fischer, Jr.
ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE ON 3 FEBRUARY 1941. SERVED AS A BOMBARDIER IN THE 494TH BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON, 344TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP. KILLED IN ACTION ON 8 MARCH 1944 WHEN HIS PLANE COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER OVER THEYDON MOUNT, EPPING, ESSEX, ENGLAND, DURING POOR VISIBILITY AS HIS B-26 MARUADER GROUP FORMED UP FOR MISSION TO SOESTERBERG, HOLLAND.