George M Slessman
Military
Associated people listed in document, and amended caption
Object Number - UPL 39543 - Dulag Luft report from Missing Air Crew Report 6238 (for B-17 Flying Fortress 42-31359) listing members of the crew who had been captured by German...
Mid-air collision ; crashed at Rheineberg on 6/21/44 in B-17 #4231359 Prisoner of War (POW)
POW
When he came home to Clyde he became the mayor of Clyde, Ohio. I was very young when he died so I do not have a lot of memories other than he used to joke around with us a lot. He had opened a bar restaurant called the Quinset Hut in Clyde, Ohio. He died at his place of business of a stroke at 61 years old.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Clyde, Ohio, USA | 5 May 1911 | He was born at 225 W. Buckeye St. Clyde, Ohio. His mother was Grace Bolinger Slessman and his father was Martin J Slessman. He was my mother's brother. Her name is Anne Slessman Eishen. My name is Deborah Eishen Zimmer. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 21 June 1944 | |
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Died |
5 May 1961 | He died in Clyde Ohio and is buried at St. Mary's Cemetery in Clyde, Ohio. |
Revisions
Personal info from his family. I am his niece Deborah Eishen Zimmer [email protected]
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6238 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
