Name:
George R. Sams
Rank:
Flight Officer
Serial Number:
T-187618
Unit:
316th Fighter Squadron, 324th Fighter Group
Date of Death:
1945-01-22
State:
West Virginia
Cemetery:
Epinal American Cemetery, Epinal, France
Plot:
A
Row:
16
Grave:
8
Decoration:
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
Comments:
F/O George R. Sams, pilot of the P-47 Thunderbolt 42-26691, took off from Y-2 Lunéville airfield on a sortie that would see him crash to his death, his body and plane consumed by flames.