George Zorrah Krech
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 349BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Holland convoy in B-17 42-3260 'Angel's Tit' 25-Jun-43; hit by enemy aircraft 20 miles Nth of the Frisian Islands and A/C exploded, crashed North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 271
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Angel's Tit
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Grant Park, Illinois, USA | 21 October 1921 | Son of John Claus and Augusta Wilhelmina [Post] Krech. |
Died |
Off Frisian Islands | 25 June 1943 | |
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Thorpe Abbotts | 25 June 1943 | Assigned to 349BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Tablets Of The Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK | ||
Buried |
Homewood Memorial Gardens Homewood, Cook County, IL | Memorialised Homewood Memorial Gardens Homewood, Cook County, Illinois |
Revisions
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 271 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database