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S/Sgt George Whitmer.  According to his Missing Air Crew
Report (MACR #5226) he was assigned to the 786th Squadron of the 466th Bomb
Group.  On May 29, 1944, he was the right waist gunner aboard B24H 42-52750
on a bombing mission to Tutow.  The pilot was 1st Lt Komer.  The plane was
lagging behind the formation when it was hit by flak; it then headed toward
Sweden just north of Paenemunde.  It made an emergency landing at the
German airbase at Schleswig-Land.  The crew was captured immediately about
1410 hours.

According to the National Archives' on-line database, he was
a prisoner at Stalag Luft 4.  If you go to www.b24.net and look at our POW
section, you'll find extensive information about Stalag Luft 4.  There's
also a link to another website about Stalag Luft 4 where you'll find S/Sgt
Whitmer's name on a list of Stalag Luft 4 POWs who are now deceased.

The 466th Bomb Group has its own website at
http://www.web-birds.com/8th/466/466th.html.  If you go there and scroll
down to the bottom of the page, you'll find a place to click on the
insignia for the 786th Squadron.  This will lead you to a photo of the nose
art of the plane in which your he was shot down.  Scroll down to
the bottom of the Squadron page and you'll see info on SSgt. Lambert
Patrick Zaetsch, who was a crewmate of his.

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