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McMillan George Bray

Name:
George Bray McMillan
Rank:
Colonel
Serial Number:
Unit:
51st Fighter Group
Date of Death:
1944-06-24
State:
Florida
Cemetery:
Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia
Plot:
Section 12
Row:
Grave:
3375
Decoration:
Distinguished Flying Cross, Bronze Star Medal, Air Medal with Oak Leaf Clus
Comments:

George Bray McMillan was born on October 13, 1916 in Winter Garden, Orange County, Florida. He was commissioned as 2nd Lt. in the Army Air Corps, earning his pilot's wings in 1939. He served as a fighter pilot in the 20th Pursuit Group, 55th Pursuit Squadron, Moffet Field, Calif., and 23rd Composite Group, 1st Pursuit Squadron, Eglin Field, Fla. He resigned his commission as a 1st Lt. to go to China with the American Volunteer Group (AVG), known as the Flying Tigers, serving as a Flight Leader with the 3rd Pursuit Squadron and scoring 4.5 aerial victories, flying a P-40. He returned to the U.S. in 1942 after the AVG was disbanded. He recommissioned in the U.S. Army Air Force with the rank of Major. He returned to China in 1943, serving briefly in the Chinese-American Composite Wing and the 51st Fighter Group, before taking over as commanding officer of the 449th Fighter Squadron. He attained the rank of Lt. Col. and scored four more kills, flying a P-38. He was killed in action southeast of Pingsiang, China, on June 24, 1944.

George is now buried in the Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA. He was one of over 2000 Americans who lost their lives defending China from their Japanese invaders from 1941-1945. He is commemorated on the The Monument to the Aviation Martyrs in the War of Resistance Against Japan in Nanjing, China.

Source of information: www.findagrave.com