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Amberg, George L.

Rank and Name, Flight Officer George L. Amberg.

Unit/Placed in, 336th Bomber Squadron, 95th Bomber Group (Heavy).

George is born approx. on 1918 in New York.

Father, George Amberg.

Mother, Jeannette G. (Anos) Amberg.

Spouse, Martha E. (Kepel) Amberg.

Daughter, Jay Amberg.

George enlisted the service in Texas with service number # T-121800.

 

George ‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a B-17 were,

2nd Lt.          Morris B. Marks                Pilot

2nd Lt.          Frank W. Derenberg          Co Pilot

2nd Lt.         Delmar A. Decker              Navigator

F/O.             George L. Amberg             Bombardier

T/Sgt.          Harold E. Cook                  Radio Operator

T/Sgt.          Charles W. Branthson         Ball Turret Gunner

S/Sgt.           Rodney D. Hines                Top Turret Gunner

S/Sgt.           Larry Cuyler                     Waist Gunner

S/Sgt.           Arden L. Miner                 Tail Gunner

 

George was KIA when they were shot by an Enemy Fighter and Crashed in Holland on Feb. 21, 1944, he is honored with an Air Medal, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

George is buried/mentioned at Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands.

Walls of the missing.

Thanks to, http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/6533

http://95thbg.org/j3migr/

Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com    Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/    Geoffrey Roecker

Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/

Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org

Philppine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/

Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com

Delivered Denver 29/6/43; Dow 14/7/43; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-B] Horham 18/7/43; battle damaged by enemy aircraft Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with L.L. Kerr, 7RTD; Waist gunner: Robert Roy, Waist gunner: Steve Smierksi,Tail gunner: Bob Crawford (3 Prisoner of War), Missing Air Crew Report 856; Missing in Action (23m) Brunswick 21/2/44 with Morris Marks, Co-pilot: Frank Derenberg, Navigator: Delmar Decker, Bombardier: George Amberg, Radio Operator: Harry Cook, Ball turret gunner: Rod Hines, Waist gunner: Larry Cuyler,Tail gunner: Arden Miner (8 Killed in Action); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Barnthson, Waist gunner: Barclay Glover (2 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed in swamp near Zegveld, 12 miles W of Utrecht, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 2424 (856). SAN ANTONIO ROSE.

336th Bomber Squadron
95th Bomber Group
B-17
Airfield Horjam, GB
Plane Nose Art
Dutch Memorial says died for our Freedom
His rank Flight Officer