Name:
George H. Geise
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-723054
Unit:
349th Bomber Squadron, 100th Bomber Group
Date of Death:
2009-06-16
State:
Pennsylvania
Cemetery:
Cremated
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Of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. Born April 9, 1922. Navigator on the B-17 bomber OMBREE AGO from the 100th Bomber group took off from Thorp Abbots and bombed an oil refinery on the Czech boarder. During this mission, eleven Flying Fortresses were shot down by the Luftwaffe above Ruhland. The Ombree Ago was damaged and the radio operator jumped and became a prisoner of war. Another was injured and Flying at low altitude the bomber crash landed in Chamvres. Geise survived the crash and escaped back to England.