George E Nicklais was born in Iowa in 1920, He enlisted into the AAC 3 April, 1942, (_17065488) He had completed 2 years of college and was still single at enlistment. George became a Commissioned Bombardier and flew with the 321st Bomb Group, the 446th Bomb Squadron out of Africa/Italy/Corsica in the B025 Mitchell Medium Bomber._

ACTIVITY DURING WWII SERVED IN THE AIR CORPS AS A BOMBARDIER AND NAVIGATOR. AFTER RETURNING FROM HIS MISSIONS HE WAS A STATISTICAL CONTROL OFFICER.

National WWII Memorial, Washington, D.C. Registry~NARA~War Department Files Honoree Hometown Service Source George E. Nicklaus Parkersbirg, IA U.S. Army Air Forces Mrs. Mary V. Nicklaus George E. Nicklaus BRANCH OF SERVICE: U.S. Army Air Forces HOMETOWN: Parkersbirg, IA

HONORED BY: Mrs. Mary V. Nicklaus, Wife

Social Security Death Index Name: George E. Nicklaus of Lincolnshire Rd., Lake, Illinois, USA Born: 29 Feb 1920 Died: 1 Apr 1993

State (Year) SSN issued: Iowa (Before 1951)

Social Security Death Index Name: Mary V. Nicklaus of Lincolnshire Rd., Lake, Illinois Born: 6 Jan 1922 Last Benefit: 60069 Lincolnshire, Lake, Illinois Died: 5 Jul 2006 State (Year) SSN issued: Wisconsin (Before 1951)

George E. "NICK" Nicklaus, 1Lt. Bombardier 17065488

Parkersburg, IOWA

World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938 - 1946 ARMY SERIAL NUMBER 17065488 NAME NICKLAUS, GEORGE E PLACE OF ENLISTMENT, DES MOINES IOWA ENLISTMENT DAY 03 April, 1942 BRANCH: Air Corps NATIVITY IOWA YEAR OF BIRTH 1920 RACE AND CITIZENSHIP White, citizen EDUCATION 2 years of college

Barbara Ennis Connolly, 321stBG Historian PRINCESSBARBI_B25@msn.com

321st Bomb Group Histories have been made available through the dedicated efforts of the 321st BG History Team; John Fitzgerald (446th BS Jack Fitzgerald) Barbara Ennis Connolly, Historian (447th BS Edward C Ennis) and Patti Johnson (446th BS James Raymond Orechia/KIA)

John Fitzgerald does magic with computer skills and types like the wind… Barbi Ennis Connolly, 321st BG Historian speaks with the Vets and families and gathers the photo’s and info… Patti Johnson is our “needle in the haystack gal”… genealogy, ancestry and etc.

George E Nicklaus