World War II Honoree

Robert G. Ostrander

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

West Lafayette, Indiana

Honored By

John Meurs

Relationship

Dutch Historian

SERVICE NUMBER 0-715802. CO-PILOT WITH THE 491ST BOMB GROUP, 853RD BOMB SQUADRON OF THE 8TH U.S. ARMY AIR FORCES BASED IN ENGLAND. ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1944, HIS BOMBER, THE B-24 'DORTY TREEK' WITH THE SERIAL NUMBER 44-10485, ON A MISSION TO THE SYNTHETIC FUEL PLANT IN MISBURG, GERMANY, WAS ATTACKED JUST AFTER BOMBING BY GERMAN FIGHTERS. THE BOMBER CRASHED NEAR SARSTEDT, GERMANY. SIX CREW MEMBERS, AMONG THEM THE HONOREE, COULD SAVE THEMSELVES BY PARACHUTE AND WERE TAKEN PRISONER. THE OTHER THREE WERE KILLED DURING THE ATTACK OR IN THE CRASH.