George Tarant                                                                                          Updated:  04 JAN 2012

Airman: u021009.htm Surname: Tarant Init: G Rank: S/Sgt Service: USAAF Sqdn: 700

P_link: p330.htm Plane: B24 42-50329 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: Lillebælt.

Crash_d: d210644 Buried_d: b210644 C_link: c021.htm At_Next: Faaborg

Under et bombetogt til Berlin styrtede B24 42-50329 i havet ved Årø i Lillebælt (omkring her - Kilde: AOD) efter at de 10 flyvere var sprunget ud med faldskærm.

Se mere om en B-24 Liberator, som er større end en B-17 Flyvende Fæstning.

Staff Sergeant (Waist Gunner) George Tarant blev fundet ved Lyø den 21. juni 1944 og begravet samme dag i Faaborg.

"Den amerikanske flyver blev efter krigen opgravet og ført til USA." (FAF)
Der er intet minde for ham på kirkegården.

På Årø er dette monument for de omkomne. (Kilde: FAF) 10 flyvere.

During a bombing raid to Berlin B24 42-50329 crashed in the sea at Årø in Lillebælt (about here - Source: AOD) after the 10 airmen had bailed out.

See more about a B-24 Liberator, bigger than a  B-17 Flying Fortress.

Staff Sergeant (Waist Gunner) George Tarant was found at Lyø on 21 June, 1944 and buried the same day in Faaborg.

"After the war the American airman was disinterred and taken to the USA." (FAF)
There is no memorial to him in the cemetery.

This monument to the perished airmen is erected on Årø. (Source: FAF) See also memorial stone to William J. Mulligan in Sandager Churchyard.

This B-24 belonged to 700 BS, 445 BG, 2 CBW, 2 BD, 8 AF. See 445th Bomb Group (Heavy). It took off from RAF Tibenham - USAAF Station 124. 10 airmen.