1LT GEORGE ANDERSON PINNER, USAAF
(10 Sept 1915 – 16 Apr 1943)
A bombardier with the 409 Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bomber Group (Heavy), Eighth Air Force, stationed at Hardwick Airfield, Cambridge, England, 1LT Pinner was shot down April 16, 1943, while serving as the bombardier for “Missouri Sue”, a B-24 (#4124122).
The Missouri Sue was shot in the plane’s tail section by a Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Würger (Fw190A-5 Shrike) and piloted by German Fighter Wing (JG2/8) Luftwaffe pilot, Lt. Josef “Jupp” Bigge. The attack caused the aircraft to ditch into the Bay of Biscay, killing Pinner, along with nine other soldiers.
Pinner was posthumously awarded the Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters and the Purple Heart.