1/Lt. George Korinek


(Robert M. Littlefield)

1/Lt. George Korinek

338th FS - 19 November 1943 - 24 June 1944 (Prisoner of War)

Assigned Aircraft

P-38J 42-68083 (The Edgar Hancock Collection via B. Hancock)
Mission History

285 combat hours and 60+ missions
Mission List

Not Known
Air Scores

1-0-1
Ground Scores

0-0
Score Detail 31 Januray 1944  Me-109 damaged (air) N/Venlo
18 March 1944  Me-109 destroyed (air) E/Frieburg
Notes Born in Chicago, Illinois, 13 April 1916.
Entered service from Cicero, Illinois
ASN - 0-749003

19 November 1943 - Joined the 338th Fighter Squadron
02 March 1944 - Crash landed near Nuthampstead in P-38J 42-67712
26 March 1944 - Promoted from 2nd Lieutenant to 1st Lieutenant

On 24 June 1944 Lt. Korinek was hit by ground fire and crashed near Evereux in France.  He spent the rest of the war as a Prisoner.
MACR No. 06245
Crew - S/Sgt. Loren P. Blette, Sgt. Leonard T. Ryther, Sgt. James P. Cowan, Cpl. Rafael R. Candaralia,  and T/Sgt. Randall R. Meadows
Memories George Korinek relates his experiences.
(Reproduced with kind permission of Mr. Robert M. Littlefield from the author's book Double Nickel - Double Trouble).
Additional Photo Lt. Korinek (D. Herbst via 55th FG Newsletter)
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