WW2 Fallen - Air Medal hero and B-24 engineer George Tait

Staff Sergeant George Tait was a B-24 engineer in the 33rd Bomb Squadron in Leyte, Philippines.
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George Glendon Tait never had a chance to reach 100 years old today. Instead, he sacrificed his life for our freedom.

If you have enjoyed reading the stories of the WW2 fallen, Can you help write some stories? It's a big project. The more help, the better.  Announcing "The Stories Behind the Stars", see https://www.storiesbehindthestars.org. This crowd-sourced national project has the goal of compiling stories of all 400,000+ of the US World War 2 fallen in one free-to-access central database.  Anyone visiting a war memorial or gravesite will be able to scan the name of the fallen with a smartphone and his story will appear on the phone.

George was born on April 9, 1920 in Utah. His parents George and Laura were also both born in Utah. His father worked as a stock ranch herder and later as a sheep manager. George had four younger sisters and three younger brothers.

He was drafted into the army in November 1942. In September 1943 he married Maxine Jones. At that time he had volunteered for the Army Air Forces and was in training in Texas. He became a staff sergeant and engineer in the 33rd Bombardment Squadron, 22nd Bombardment Group which was equipped with B-26 Marauders. The 22nd BG was stationed in Australia beginning in March 1942. In October 1943 it changed bases to New Guinea. Sgt. Tait join his squadron in January 1944. During 1944, the planes in the 2nd BG were switched over to B-24 Liberators. Over an eleven month period, Sgt. Tait flew 25 missions. These would have included bombing of Japanese airfields, shipping, and oil installations. By early November, the 33rd BS was based out of Leyte, Philippines.

Sgt. Tait's plane was lost at sea on November 27, 1944, perhaps during the move to a new airbase on Angaur Island. During his service he earned the Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters.

His cenotaph grave is at Enterprise City Cemetery in Enterprise, Utah. I don't know what happened to his widow.

Thank you Sgt. Tait for your sacrifice. Let's Earn It for George.

Last year on this date I profiled Harold Christensen, 3rd Infantry Division and his brother Walter. You can read about Harold here.

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