1st Lt. George Klindt Ramsey was a navigator on a B-24 Liberator, the "Lucky Strike," 506th Squadron, 44th Bomb Group ("The Flying 8 Balls", 8th Army Air Force.
On 18 March 1944, after a bombing raid to Friedrichshafen, Germany, the plane was shot down by AAA over France, a short distance from the English Channel. Lt. Ramsey was wounded in the head, but was able to parachute safely from the plane, as did the other men. They were all immediately captured.
This was the 25th and final mission of the crew. They were all slated to be sent home after the mission, but instead spent the rest of the war in prison camps.
Lt. Ramsey received the Europe Campaign Medal, American Campaign Medal, Victory Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Purple Heart, Prisoner of War Medal, Presidential Unit Citation, Bronze Star, Distinguished Flying Cross, and the Air Medal.
George married Sally Steele after the war and had two sons.
A few years after Sally's death, George married Kathy, who had served in the war as a secretary with the Nuremberg Trials. Sally died in 1991 and her ashes were scattered at sea upon her request.
Cause of death: cancer.
Cremated and interred at Arlington National Cemetery over a year after his death, due to red tape. Prior to internment a wonderful service was held at the chapel.
On 18 March 1944, after a bombing raid to Friedrichshafen, Germany, the plane was shot down by AAA over France, a short distance from the English Channel. Lt. Ramsey was wounded in the head, but was able to parachute safely from the plane, as did the other men. They were all immediately captured.
This was the 25th and final mission of the crew. They were all slated to be sent home after the mission, but instead spent the rest of the war in prison camps.
Lt. Ramsey received the Europe Campaign Medal, American Campaign Medal, Victory Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Purple Heart, Prisoner of War Medal, Presidential Unit Citation, Bronze Star, Distinguished Flying Cross, and the Air Medal.
George married Sally Steele after the war and had two sons.
A few years after Sally's death, George married Kathy, who had served in the war as a secretary with the Nuremberg Trials. Sally died in 1991 and her ashes were scattered at sea upon her request.
Cause of death: cancer.
Cremated and interred at Arlington National Cemetery over a year after his death, due to red tape. Prior to internment a wonderful service was held at the chapel.
1st Lt. George Klindt Ramsey was a navigator on a B-24 Liberator, the "Lucky Strike," 506th Squadron, 44th Bomb Group ("The Flying 8 Balls", 8th Army Air Force.
On 18 March 1944, after a bombing raid to Friedrichshafen, Germany, the plane was shot down by AAA over France, a short distance from the English Channel. Lt. Ramsey was wounded in the head, but was able to parachute safely from the plane, as did the other men. They were all immediately captured.
This was the 25th and final mission of the crew. They were all slated to be sent home after the mission, but instead spent the rest of the war in prison camps.
Lt. Ramsey received the Europe Campaign Medal, American Campaign Medal, Victory Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Purple Heart, Prisoner of War Medal, Presidential Unit Citation, Bronze Star, Distinguished Flying Cross, and the Air Medal.
George married Sally Steele after the war and had two sons.
A few years after Sally's death, George married Kathy, who had served in the war as a secretary with the Nuremberg Trials. Sally died in 1991 and her ashes were scattered at sea upon her request.
Cause of death: cancer.
Cremated and interred at Arlington National Cemetery over a year after his death, due to red tape. Prior to internment a wonderful service was held at the chapel.
On 18 March 1944, after a bombing raid to Friedrichshafen, Germany, the plane was shot down by AAA over France, a short distance from the English Channel. Lt. Ramsey was wounded in the head, but was able to parachute safely from the plane, as did the other men. They were all immediately captured.
This was the 25th and final mission of the crew. They were all slated to be sent home after the mission, but instead spent the rest of the war in prison camps.
Lt. Ramsey received the Europe Campaign Medal, American Campaign Medal, Victory Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Purple Heart, Prisoner of War Medal, Presidential Unit Citation, Bronze Star, Distinguished Flying Cross, and the Air Medal.
George married Sally Steele after the war and had two sons.
A few years after Sally's death, George married Kathy, who had served in the war as a secretary with the Nuremberg Trials. Sally died in 1991 and her ashes were scattered at sea upon her request.
Cause of death: cancer.
Cremated and interred at Arlington National Cemetery over a year after his death, due to red tape. Prior to internment a wonderful service was held at the chapel.
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