George F Palecek

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Eleven men in Air Force uniform posed in front of a military airplane. Five men standing to the rear, six men kneeling in front. Large canvas bags are laying in front of kneeling men

UPL 67784 UPL 67784 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 27 December 1944/Altenahr, Germany.
Back L-R: Emil Edward Pluhar (TG/OBS, Albert J. Merlis (N), Alfons Francis Urwal (N), Arthur Martin Stone Jr. (AC), Carl Warren Schwob (N).
Front L-R: Carl Richard Euting (FG), Robert Frank Brown (FG), John Henry Herzog Jr. (P), James B. Saunders (B), Henry Bauer (TT), George Frank Palacek, (RO).
John Herzog’s last mission.

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545th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 764 44-8008 Grafton Underwood Emil E Pluhar Albert L Merlis Alfons Francis Uriwal Arthur M Stone Carl W Schwob Carl R Euting Robert Brown John H Herzog James B Saunders Henry Bauer George F Palecek On

Object Number - UPL 67784 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 27 December 1944/Altenahr, Germany. Back L-R: Emil Edward Pluhar (TG/OBS, Albert J. Merlis (N), Alfons Francis Urwal...

Killed in Action near Prum in B-17 44-8216.

B-17G 44-8216 took off, with a crew of 11, from Grafton-Underwood, England on a bombing mission over Cologne, Germany. Over the target they are believed to have been hit by ground anti-aircraft fire. While returning to base they are believed to have been damaged and to have crashed into the North Sea.