Monday, October 23, 2017

Remembering another Unfamous One...

F/O George L. Amberg, 95th BG, 336th Bomb Squadron, 42-3462 "San Antonio Rose" bombardier, pictured here in class book (43-8) USAAF Flying School Big Spring, Texas 1943. He served in the same Bomb Group and Squadron as my father in Horham, England, however my father did not arrive at the base until March 1945.

Shot down by fighters on a mission to Brunswick, which was obscured by clouds, on 21 Feb 1944 in B-17F #42-3462 'San Antonio Rose' and crashed near Utrecht, Holland. Killed in Action (KIA). To read more visit...American Air Museum in Britain
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