Captain Burch was the pilot of B-17G Flying
Fortress #42-97892, serving with the 324th
Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group, U.S. Army
Air Forces in World War II.
Shot down by flak while on bombing mission
over Hamburg, and crashing at Schenefeld,
Germany, west of Hamburg. Eight crew aboard
were Killed In Action. Only the tail gunner
survived and was taken as a POW.
Also Killed In Action were:
2nd Lt. Leo R Plant, Co-Pilot
Capt. Harold I Fox, Navigator
1st Lt. Julian I Columbus, Bombardier
SSgt. Charles T Hickman, Ball Turret Gunner
SSgt. Jack P Morgan, Waist Gunner
SSgt. George H Schmidt, Radio Operator
Pvt. Robert E McCarthy, Flight Engineer-Top Turret Gunner
Fortress #42-97892, serving with the 324th
Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group, U.S. Army
Air Forces in World War II.
Shot down by flak while on bombing mission
over Hamburg, and crashing at Schenefeld,
Germany, west of Hamburg. Eight crew aboard
were Killed In Action. Only the tail gunner
survived and was taken as a POW.
Also Killed In Action were:
2nd Lt. Leo R Plant, Co-Pilot
Capt. Harold I Fox, Navigator
1st Lt. Julian I Columbus, Bombardier
SSgt. Charles T Hickman, Ball Turret Gunner
SSgt. Jack P Morgan, Waist Gunner
SSgt. George H Schmidt, Radio Operator
Pvt. Robert E McCarthy, Flight Engineer-Top Turret Gunner
Captain Burch was the pilot of B-17G Flying
Fortress #42-97892, serving with the 324th
Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group, U.S. Army
Air Forces in World War II.
Shot down by flak while on bombing mission
over Hamburg, and crashing at Schenefeld,
Germany, west of Hamburg. Eight crew aboard
were Killed In Action. Only the tail gunner
survived and was taken as a POW.
Also Killed In Action were:
2nd Lt. Leo R Plant, Co-Pilot
Capt. Harold I Fox, Navigator
1st Lt. Julian I Columbus, Bombardier
SSgt. Charles T Hickman, Ball Turret Gunner
SSgt. Jack P Morgan, Waist Gunner
SSgt. George H Schmidt, Radio Operator
Pvt. Robert E McCarthy, Flight Engineer-Top Turret Gunner
Fortress #42-97892, serving with the 324th
Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group, U.S. Army
Air Forces in World War II.
Shot down by flak while on bombing mission
over Hamburg, and crashing at Schenefeld,
Germany, west of Hamburg. Eight crew aboard
were Killed In Action. Only the tail gunner
survived and was taken as a POW.
Also Killed In Action were:
2nd Lt. Leo R Plant, Co-Pilot
Capt. Harold I Fox, Navigator
1st Lt. Julian I Columbus, Bombardier
SSgt. Charles T Hickman, Ball Turret Gunner
SSgt. Jack P Morgan, Waist Gunner
SSgt. George H Schmidt, Radio Operator
Pvt. Robert E McCarthy, Flight Engineer-Top Turret Gunner
Inscription
CAPT, US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from California; ASN O-724588
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