World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
George H. Engel
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Honored By
John Meurs
SERVICE NUMBER: 0-723332. NAVIGATOR WITH THE 491ST BOMB GROUP, 853RD BOMB SQUADRON OF THE 8TH ARMY AIR FORCE, BASED IN ENGLAND. ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1944, HIS BOMBER, THE B-24 (THE SERIAL # 44-40073, ARCH ANGEL), ON A MISSION TO THE SYNTHETIC FUEL PLANT IN MISBURG, GERMANY, WAS ATTACKED ON THE BOMB RUN BY GERMAN FIGHTERS. THE BOMBER EXPLODED AND CRASHED NEAR OERIE, GERMANY. THE WHOLE CREW LOST THEIR LIVES. THEY WERE INITIALLY BURIED IN THE CEMETERY OF OERIE.