Bertholdt George Milton

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Name:

George Milton Bertholdt

Rank:

Sergeant

Serial Number:

13069341

Unit:

332nd Bomber Squadron, 94th Bomber Group (Heavy)

Date of Death:

0000-00-00

State:

Maryland

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George Milton Bertholdt was born on October 13, 1921. He served in the 332nd Bomber Squadron, 94th Bomber Group, Heavy, as a Sergeant and Tail Gunner on the B-17 #42-30444 'Ramrod Ramsbottom/Black Jack IV' during World War II.

On January 5, 1944, his crew took off from Station 468 airfield in Bury St Edmunds, England, for a mission to bomb the Bordeaux-Mérignac airfield in France. Shot down by Me109 fighters at around 1:50 PM, they evacuated their plane by parachute. Their aircraft crashed in the Hourtin Lake, District of Lesparre-Médoc, France. Of the crew, four members were captured by the Germans and taken as prisoners, 5 evaded the capture, and one casualty. Sgt Bertholdt was one of the evadees. He returned to the UK on March 24, 1944.

Source of information: francecrashes39-45.net