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SGT George Napier

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SGT George Napier

Birth
Canada
Death
31 Dec 1944 (aged 21)
Rhade, Landkreis Rotenburg, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany
Burial
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA
Plot
Section 4, Block 4
Memorial ID
119208227 View Source

Right Waist Gunner aboard B-17G Flying Fortress #42-31348 "Swing Shift Baby."

Hit by flak on mission to Hamburg and broke up and crashed at Rhade, Germany.
Four crew were killed and five were taken as POWs.

Killed In Action were:

2nd Lt. Donald H Ferguson, Pilot
2nd Lt. Louis Weissman, Navigator
S/Sgt. Fred J Casad, Top Turret Gunner
Sgt. George Napier, Right Waist Gunner

Right Waist Gunner aboard B-17G Flying Fortress #42-31348 "Swing Shift Baby."

Hit by flak on mission to Hamburg and broke up and crashed at Rhade, Germany.
Four crew were killed and five were taken as POWs.

Killed In Action were:

2nd Lt. Donald H Ferguson, Pilot
2nd Lt. Louis Weissman, Navigator
S/Sgt. Fred J Casad, Top Turret Gunner
Sgt. George Napier, Right Waist Gunner


Inscription

SGT, 728 AAF BOMB SQ, 452 BOMB GP, WORLD WAR II

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