The 483rd Bomb Group Archive

Serviceman

George W Kryloff

HQ

Play his story on the map built from his record

Rank
SGT (24 May 1944), SGT (14 June 1944), SGT (6 July 1944), SGT (5 August 1944), SSGT (23 September 1944)
Hometown
Huntington Park CA; HUNTINGTON PARK CA
Also written
George Kryloff
Sources
483bg-record, assoc-roster · service record at 483bg.org
Flags. another record shares the name Kryloff, George W (units HQ, 817th, serials None, 39279244); may be the same man

Awards

DateAwardGeneral orderRank then
24 May 1944Air Medal599SGT
14 June 1944Air Medal, 1st oak leaf cluster1027SGT
6 July 1944Air Medal, 2nd oak leaf cluster1620SGT
5 August 1944Air Medal, 3rd oak leaf cluster2321SGT
23 September 1944Air Medal, 3rd oak leaf cluster3566SSGT

From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.

Statements, mentions and histories

Casualty questionnaire, page 20 · 30 July 1944
INDIVIDUAL CASUALTY QUESTIONNAIRE
7105
Name of orew member : KRYLOFF, George W. Jr.
Rank:
s.Sgt.
Serial number:
39279244
Position:
255+ Amoret
Did he bail out? NO
Where?
If not, why not? He in
was tishted the ship by that
Last contact or conversation just prior to or at time of loss of plane:
Was he injured? Yes .
hipshity
Where was he when last Ceen? Laying in the waist of the Ship,beside
Developolate
information:
Kryhoff was Lay ins in the waist with
40 that suit of parach te on I crauned over
him to set out He Look died to me.
Source: My own e seeing
Any explanation of his fate based in part or wholly on supposition: Casebiet
seen Kryhott on the ground after the ship caahed
died.
Total number of missions of above crew member: atound 40
Dates and destinations if possible: duhy 31st 1944, Hitting an
all field 18 mihes from Budapest Not fat
from the Danule Rivet
6-3861, AF

National Archives, MACR 7105, page 20 · Machine-read from microfilm, uncorrected.

Know something about him?

If this record is wrong or missing something, a middle name, the right squadron, who is who in a photograph, what he said about a day, tell us. Nothing you send is shown without your say-so.