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Personal info

Full name
CROWE, George R
Date of birth
15 February 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Havre, Hill County, Montana
Hometown
Havre, Hill County, Montana

Military service

Service number
O-719575
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Co-Pilot
Unit
602nd Bombardment Squadron,
398th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 October 1944
Place of death
Farm Schoonebeck on highroad Wienberge/Roxel
Wienberge, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 33 47

Immediate family

Members
Malteyward R. Crowe (father)
Elizabeth Crowe (mother)
Mary E. Crowe (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
44-6519
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Münster, Germany
MACR: 10175

More information

Lt George Crowe attended Northern Montana College.

Eyewitness report:

About a half minute before bombs away (1429) I saw a ship ahead of me going down. I saw no smoke but the tail section had been blown off, and the ship locked as if it were going almost straight down. It wasn´t in a spin. I watched it for a while until it disappeared into the clouds. As far as I could see no chutes came out of the ship.
George was identified by his identification tag and initially buried in Nienberge on 31 October 1944.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com - The Havre Daily News / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, http://398th.org, Arie-Jan van Hees, Pilot Class Book 44-D, Ellington Field, Texas