George Raymond Zirnheld
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 47480 - S/Sgt George Raymond Zirnheld, 91BG
Assigned to 323BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Dessau in 42-39975 'Just Plain Lonesome' flak KO’d two engines, assumed to have crashed in the sea 30-May-44, Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5355.
Awards: AM (OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18075878 / O-753859
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Baltimore Oriole, Just Plain Lonesome
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 92nd Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron 324th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Hombourg, Belgium
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Portsmouth, VA | 17 March 1918 | Son of John Baptiste and Pauline [Grosshenie] Zirnheld. Husband of Audrey Elizabeth Zirnheld. |
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Enlisted |
Richmond, VA, USA | 26 March 1943 | Richmond, Virginia |
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Died |
North sea | 30 May 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Dessau flak KO’d two engines, assumed to have crashed in the sea 30-May-44 Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 5355 |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Bassingbourn | 30 May 1944 | Assigned to 323BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial | Tablets of the Missing Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery |
Revisions
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5355 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
