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1LT George Edward Underwood

21 Jan 1917 – 22 Feb 1944

Birth	21 Jan 1917
Death	22 Feb 1944
Cemetery	Odd Fellows Cemetery Carthage , Panola County , Texas , USA
Added by	Danny Ray on 20 Dec 2025
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22356066

Bio

First Lieutenant, 360th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, World War II. Pilot of B-17F Flying Fortress #42-29931, nicknamed "Devil's Workshop" (also "Satan's Workshop"). Returning from mission to Bernburg, Germany, with № 2 engine knocked out by flak, attempted to return to base in England on three engines. Last sighted midway across the English Channel, ditched February 22, 1944. No survivors. All ten crewmembers drowned. Three bodies were recovered and originally buried in Brookwood Cemetery, England. George's remains were repatriated to Texas in 1948. KIA were: 1LT George E Underwood , O-802892, TX, Pilot [body recovered] 2LT Joseph Massimiliano , O-681158, NJ, Co-Pilot 2LT Duane C Parker , O-809707, MI, Navigator 2LT George M Walter , O-678587, IN, Bombardier TSGT Mack E Daniels , 38221172, TX, Flight Engineer [body recovered] TSGT Charles F Phipps , 18219578, AR, Radio Operator SSGT Glenn L Casselman , 37457320, WY, Left Waist Gunner [body recovered] SSGT Thomas E Dinneen , 39266410, CA, Ball Turret Gunner SSGT Gregory Carl Meyer , 17071569, IA, Tail Gunner SSGT Thomas L Rike Jr. , 38283413, TX, Right Waist Gunner

Inscription

TEXAS 1 LIEUT 360 AAF BOMB SQ WORLD WAR II

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Family

Parents

• Robert Franklin Underwood 1894–1967
• Johnnie Ella Sanders Underwood 1895–1995

Spouse

• Mary Louise Fite LeBlanc 1918–2016

Siblings

• Johnnie Robert "J. R." Underwood 1914–2000
• 1LT George Edward "Buddy" Underwood 1917–1944
• Mary Eva Underwood White 1919–2012
• Miranda Evelyn Underwood Click 1921–2022
• Helen Louise Underwood Windham 1923–2018

Children

• Georgia Lou Underwood 1944–2020 FaG

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