World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Thomas S. Pozder
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Great Falls, Montana
Honored By
John Meurs
SERIAL: 39619814. TAIL GUNNER WITH THE 398TH BOMB GROUP, 601ST BOMB SQUADRON OF THE 8TH ARMY AIR FORCE, BASED IN ENGLAND. HIS B-17 (UGLY DUCKLING, SERIAL # 42-102565), CRASHED IN THE IJSSEL LAKE, FORMER ZUIDER ZEE, NETHERLANDS, ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1944 AFTER A MISSION TO THE SYNTHETIC FUEL PLANT IN MISBURG, GERMANY. BOMBER WAS HIT BY FLAK OVER ZWOLLE, NETHERLANDS. WHOLE CREW BAILED OUT SAFELY BUT PERISHED IN THE ICE COLD WATER OF THE LAKE. ON MARCH 26,1945, HIS BODY WASHED ASHORE. HE WAS INITIALLY BURIED IN THE MUNICIPAL CEMETERY OF AMERSFOORT IN THE NETHERLANDS AND LATER RE-INTERRED IN THE NETHERLANDS AMERICAN MILITARY CEMETERY OF MARGRATEN, NETHERLANDS.