George S. FAHR

Source : Andy

CEMTERY TEMPORARY of  Cambridge N°1615

then St James N°3504

Story of Cemetery Temporary 

Map of St James American Cemetery

George served as a 2^nd Lieutenant and Navigator on B-24 #41-28843 " Repulser ", 715^th Bomber Squadron, 448th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.

He resided in Illinois prior to the war.

B-24 #41-28843 took off, with a crew of 9, on a bombing mission over Hamm, Germany. They were shot down when their B-24 was attacked by heavily-armed ME 410 German fighters and crashed in the English Channel during the war. None of the crew survived however all their remains were recovered from the English Channel.

The below article is, as many were during the war, in error concerning where the crash happened.

George was "Killed In Action" in this crash during the war.

He was awarded the Purple Heart.

Service # O-697831

 Memorial in St Edmund churchyard, Kessingland, Suffolk

Source : Americanairmuseum.com

The Eugene Pulcipher Crew, B24 41-28843, "The Repulser." Killed In Action when The Repulser was attacked by heavily-armed ME 410 German fighters and crashed in the fields near Kessingland. 

Source : Americanairmuseum.com

On the 22nd April 1944 26 United States Air Force planes took off from Seething airfield to bomb targets in Nazi Germany, but B-24 Liberator 843 "Repulser" was hit as it returned to base and crashed in fields near Kessingland. Part of the 715th Squadron, the men on board were on their third mission after arriving at the south Norfolk air station in the early spring. Hitler's Luftwaffe took full advantage of its unusually late return to the UK on that fateful night, caused by poor weather before take-off, and sent a force of heavily-armed ME 410 fighters to intercept the bombers.

The bravery and sacrifice of the 10 US airmen killed when their bomber crashed was officially marked at a memorial dedication service at St Edmund's churchyard in Kessingland in April 2010.

Equipage du B-24 "Repulser" (#41-28843)

CARCELLI, William,   2nd Lieutenant,           Bombardier,                    ILLINOIS
DAVIS, William S.,   S/Sergeant,                     Gunner,                           FLORIDA
DURANT, William H.,   Sergeant,                    Gunner,                         OHIO
HARDIN, James R.,   S/Sergeant,                   Gunner,                        MISSOURI
ROMANOSKY, Chester J.,   S/Sergeant,        Radio Operator,          PENNSYLVANIA
SPELLMAN, Carl E.,   Sergeant,                  Gunner,                        MISSOURI
YOUNG, Maynard H.,   Sergeant,                 Gunner,                       MAINE

B-24 Liberator

Cairo City Cemetery Villa Ridge,

Pulaski County, ILLINOIS

Source : Randy Watkins