World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Carl L. Geppert
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Wilmette, Illinois
Honored By
John Meurs
Relationship
Dutch Historian
SERVICE NUMBER 02058157. CO-PILOT WITH THE 491ST BOMB GROUP, 854TH BOMB SQUADRON OF THE 8TH U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE BASED IN ENGLAND. ON SUNDAY NOVEMBER 26, 1944 HIS B-24 BOMBER, THE 'BLUE CIRCLE' SERIAL NUMBER 44-40108, WHILE ON A MISSION TO THE SYNTHETIC FUEL PLANT IN MISBURG, GERMANY WAS ATTACKED BY GERMAN FIGHTERS. THE BOMBER CRASHED NEAR ANNATURM, DEISTER, GERMANY. THE WHOLE CREW, INCLUDING THE HONOREE, WAS KILLED DURING THE FIGHTER ATTACK OR IN THE CRASH OF THEIR BOMBER.