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258300 TSgt. George F. Harrington United States Army Air Forces 96th Bomber Group 337th Bomber Squadron from:San Francisco, California (d.21st May 1943) George Harrington enlisted in the US Army Air Corps on 9th of January 1942 in San Francisco, CA. He said that he was born in 1920 and had 3 years of high school education. He was 6'1" tall and weighed 179 pounds. A Technical Sergeant assigned to the 337th Bomber Squadron, 96th Bomber Group (a heavy B-17 squadron) based at USAAF Snetterton Heath in England. A top-turret gunner, he was declared missing on 21st of May 1943 in B-17 Flying Fortress 42-29734 on an Operation to Emden. The 10 crew were all killed in Action when shot up by an enemy aircraft, the damaged wing fell off as the aircraft hit North Sea 70 miles off the Frisian Islands, noted in Missing Air Crew Report 3685. The crew were: Capt Gil Stephenson, Co-pilot Don Aulenbach, Navigator Gene McGowen, Bombardier Bob Grover, Flight engineer/top turret gunner (washed up Spiekeroog Island on 7th of June 1943) George Harrington, Radio Operator Harry McGillivray, Ball turret gunner Don Manchester, Waist gunner Joe Bartgis, Waist gunner Don Seigling, Tail gunner John Haught Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.** Please type in the code shown here:    If you are unable to read the code please click here. If you have received an error message for incorrect code, please click to refresh the code before resending. This should overcome the error message.