Engeman Ernest Frederick

Name:

Ernest Frederick Engeman

Rank:

Second Lieutenant

Serial Number:

O-719829

Unit:

603rd Bomber Squadron, 398th Bomb Group

Date of Death:

1944-08-04

State:

Iowa

Cemetery:

Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands

Plot:

Tablets of the Missing

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Air Medal, Purple Heart

Comments:

Ernest Frederick Engeman was born on June 4, 1922, in Fort Madison, Lee County, Iowa. He was the son of Benjamin Engeman and Emma Engeman. He served in the 603rd Bomber Squadron, 398th Bomb Group, Heavy, as a Second Lieutenant and Navigator of B-17 #42-107186 during World War II.

On August 4, 1944, during a mission targeting Peenemünde, Germany, the aircraft was struck by enemy anti-aircraft fire (flak) and crashed near Fresendorf Beach, close to Greifswald, Germany. All nine crew members aboard were killed in action.

2Lt Engeman was reported Missing in Action and officially declared dead on August 4, 1944. His name is memorialized in the Tablets of the Missing in the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands. He also has a cenotaph in the Oakland Cemetery, Fort Madison, Lee County, Iowa, USA. Ernest F. Engeman's name is inscribed on the Anstey Window Memorial in Panel 3 (right), on Butterfly 25, in the top right wing (section B).

Source of information: www.americanairmuseum.com, www.398th.org