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FORT KNOX, Ky. – The remains of U.S. Army Air Forces 1st Lt. George F. Bradbury, 22, killed during World War II, will be interred October 4, Union Hill Baptist Church Cemetery in his hometown of Ranburne, Alabama. Miller Funeral Home will coordinate graveside services preceding the interment.
Bradbury served as a navigator aboard a B-24 Liberator bomber with 858th Bombardment Squadron, 492nd Bombardment Group, Eighth Air Force. On Sept. 16, 1944, Bradbury’s crew was scheduled to fly its final mission to drop supplies to resistance forces 40 miles east of the Moselle River. The 115th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Gun Battalion, an American artillery unit stationed near Lebeuville, France, mistook Bradbury’s B-24 for an enemy aircraft and opened fire upon it, killing Bradbury and five of the eight crew members onboard. On the morning of Sept. 17, 1944, American soldiers recovered the remains discovered at the crash site, along with identification tags belonging to four of the crewmembers. Of the eight crewmembers aboard, two successfully parachuted to safety, while four were resolved through remains found at the crash site. Two were left unaccounted for, one of which was Bradbury.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency accounted for Bradbury on Dec. 19, 2024.
For more information on DPAA’s efforts to locate and identify Bradbury’s remains, please visit: https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/ID-Announcements/Article/4187326/airman-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-bradbury-g/
U.S. Army Human Resources Command’s Past Conflict Repatriations Branch plays a vital role in the process of identifying, locating and contacting subsequent generation family members of Soldiers missing or killed in action during WWII and the Korean War to positively identify previously undiscovered or unknown remains.
Media interested in covering and/or obtaining more information about the funeral and interment should contact Miller Funeral Home, 770-574-2411.
| Date Taken: | 09.30.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 09.30.2025 09:07 |
| Story ID: | 549653 |
| Location: | FORT KNOX, KENTUCKY, US |
| Hometown: | RANBURNE, ALABAMA, US |
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