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SEEFELDT, Ernest Milton Paul - Date of
birth
21 February 1922 -
Age
22 - Place of
birth
Sebastopol, Sonoma County, California -
Hometown
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-768259 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Co-Pilot -
Unit
366th Bombardment Squadron,
305th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
3 August 1944 - Place of
death
Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| C | 36 | 20 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Paul H. Seefeldt (father)
Plane data
- Serial
number
44-6130 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Mulhouse, France
Mission: Bombing of the marshalling yard
MACR: 7845
More information
Ernest Seefeldt attended college for two years.He joined the Air Corps of the U.S. Army in San Francisco, California, on 16 October 1942.
The airplane was hit by flak and dropping out of the formation. It went down and came up in a complete loop, went down again, half-barreled, over-looped, and started to spin down.
Eight crew members were killed and were initially buried at the cemetery of Ramstein. Only one crew member survived and was taken prisoner.
After the war the remains of Lt Seefeldt were initially evacuated to the Temporary American Military Cemetery of St. Avold, France.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / California Birth Index, www.fold3.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com, http://www.flugzeugabstuerze-saarland.de/html/neunkirchen.html