George Zorrah Krech

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned 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

Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • 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

B-17F 42-3260
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Angel's Tit
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron

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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.

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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