World War II Honoree

George P. Birdsong, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Clarksdale, Mississippi

Honored By

Eileen P. Birdsong

Relationship

Wife

ASSIGNED TO A TACTICAL B-17 GROUP UPON GRADUATION FROM FLYING SCHOOL AND WENT TO ENGLAND WITH THE UNIT, (91ST BOMB GROUP) IN THE FALL 1942. FINISHING HIS COMBAT TOUR IN JUNE 1943, RETURNED TO THE ZI AS A B-17 INSTRUCTOR PILOT. BECAME AN OPERATIONS OFFICER, THEN SQUADRON COMMANDER IN B-29'S. WENT TO THE SOUTH PACIFIC ON 'OPERATIONS CROSSROADS' AS SQUADRON LEADER OF B-29'S (F-13'S) USED IN PHOTOGRAPHING THE BIKINI ATOMIC BOMB TESTS.