Britton George Henry

Monuments

B-24 (42-52498) 'Sugar Baby' Crash Site Marker (Tyrol Air Battle)

Name:

George Henry Britton

Rank:

Second Lieutenant

Serial Number:

12175859

Unit:

780th Bomber Squadron, 465th Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Death:

2012-10-27

State:

New York

Cemetery:

South Florida National Cemetery, Lake Worth Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA

Plot:

Section 37F

Row:

Grave:

238

Decoration:

Comments:

George Henry Britton was born on October 16, 1924. He was the husband of Doris Teresa Britton.

George served in the 780th Bomber Squadron, 465th Bomber Group, as a Second Lieutenant and Bombardier on the B-24 "Sugar Baby" #42-52498 during World War II.

On August 3, 1944, his crew took off from Pantanella, Italy, on a bombing mission over Friedrichshafen, Germany. On their return, they were attacked and shot down by German aircraft. His aircraft crashed at Brendlkar, Tyrol, Austria. His crew lost 2 members in this incident while the remaining were taken as prisoners, including 2Lt Britton. Some sources of information reference the location of the crash as Ehrwald.

2Lt Britton died on October 27, 2012, at the age of 88, and is now buried in the South Florida National Cemetery, Lake Worth Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA.