George J. Oxrider    Photo: AS 25 MAY 2015   Updated:  18 JUN 2015                 1948 -           Ardennes, BELGIUM              

Airman: u096093.htm Surname: Oxrider Init: G J Rank: Major Service: USAAF Sqdn: 728

P_link: p277.htm Plane: B17 42-31352 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: The Baltic Sea

Crash_d: d090444 Buried_d: b280644 C_link: c096.htm At_Next: Svinø

Mere end 500 amerikanske bombefly var den 9. april 1944 på bombetogt til Polen og Tyskland. Se 8 af de tabte fly:  Google Map 9APR1944. Den 9. april 1944 styrtede
B17 42-32-31352 i Østersøen i forbindelse med et bombetogt til Poznan (her),
måske omkring her sydvest for Lolland.

MACR (Rapport om savnet fly) fastslår at flyet "sidst blev set omkring 54o35'N/11o10'E"
(14 km sydvest for Rødbyhavn).

Co-Pilot
, Major George J. Oxrider blev fundet drevet ind ved Gedser (som er her) den
26. juni 1944.
Han blev begravet på Svinø Kirkegård den 28. juni 1944. (Kilde: AOD) I 1948 blev han og andre Amerikanske flyvere fra Svinø flyttet til
Ardennes American Cemetery i Belgien. (Kilde: FAF) Kom i tjenesten fra Ohio.
Begravet på Ardennes American Cemetery
Plot B Row 24 Grave 18 i BELGIEN.
Hæderstegn: Air Medal, Distinguished Flying Cross. (Kilde: ABMC)
Se Monument for 46 amerikanske flyvere.

Se
tegning af besætningen på en B-17, Foto af en B-17 + B-17 i airmen.dk samt
B-17 Ball Turret, Ammunition og Ball Turret Gunner. 10 flyvere.

On 9 April 1944 more than 500 American bombers were on a bombing raid on Poland and Germany. See 8 of the lost planes: Google Map 9APR1944.

On 9 April 1944 B17 42-32-31352 crashed into the Baltic Sea in connection with a bombing
raid on Poznan (here), maybe about here south west of Lolland.
The MACR (Missing Air Crew Report) states that it was "last sighted approx. at 54o35'N/11o10'E" (14 km SW of Rødbyhavn).

Co-Pilot
, Major George J. Oxrider was found drifted ashore near Gedser (which is here)
on 26 June 1944.
He was buried in Svinø Churchyard on 28 June 1944. (Source: AOD) See Monument to 46 American airmen.
In 1948 he was disinterred and taken to the Ardennes American Cemetery in Belgium like all other American airmen buried in Svinø.
He still rests in
Ardennes American Cemetery  
in Belgium. He entered the Service from Ohio.
Buried at Plot B Row 24 Grave 18. Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters. (Source: ABMC)

This B-17 was from 728 BS, 452 Bomb Group (Heavy), 45 CBW, 3 BD. See 452nd Bombardment Group. B-17 42-31352 at the American Air Museum.
It took off from RAF Deopham Green - USAAF Station 142. See also B17s in airmen.dk and a
drawing of the crew of a B-17. 10 airmen.