The Man Behind the Name
S/Sgt. George S. Burford served as spare waist gunner (SWG) aboard B-24J 42-100416 'Baggy Maggy' on the 18 September 1944 supply mission near Arnhem. Reported missing in action after the aircraft was shot down; status remained MIA on the original MACR.
Per pilot Larry Hewin's account, Burford took a bullet in the calf during the ground-fire attack that crippled the aircraft. Donald Dukeman's memoir lists him among the regular Hewin crew as 'Stuart Burford' -- almost certainly the same man as the DB's George S. Burford, a discrepancy most likely owed to a 50-plus-year-old memory rather than a different person.
Missions flown.
The missions below are those we have been able to document for this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. It is not necessarily a complete account of every mission flown; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.