Ernest George Seeger

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. John Conroy crew. 28 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Zeitz in B-17 42-31597 'Landa' 30-Nov-44; A/C Hit by flak in 2 x engines, baled out successfully, found dead on ground by enemy, MACR reports crew fired on from ground, with holes in chutes. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 11127



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.

379th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

John Michael Conroy

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-742846
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-31597

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Landa
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron

Missions

731

  • Date: 30 November 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Bloomington, IL 18 April 1924 Son of Ernst G Snr and Hulda Marie [Jonson] Seeger.

Enlisted

Wisconsin, USA 12 April 1942

Died

Vicinty of Zeitz, Germany 30 November 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Zeitz in B-17 42-31597 'Landa' 30-Nov-44; A/C Hit by flak in 2 x engines, baled out successfully. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 11127

Buried

Doelzig cemetery 1 December 1944 Interred Doelzig Cemetery

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Kimbolton 30 November 1944 Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Prentice Cemetery, Prentice, WI Re-Interred Prentice Cemetery, Price County, Prentice, Wisconsin

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11127 / MACR 11127; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 331 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database