George William Eike was born on January 27, 1919. He was the son of Derwood Walden Eike and Ella Marie Williams Eike. He served in the 369th Bomber Squadron, 306th Bomber Group, Heavy, as a First Lieutenant and co-pilot on B17G (#42-31499) during World War II.

1Lt. Eike's B-17 was shot down and crashed near Macquenoise, Belgium during the war and he became a Prisoner of War of the German Army. They were betrayed by collaborators and captured by German forces. 1Lt. Eike and seven other captured airmen were taken to nearby woods then shot, and murdered by their guards on April 22, 1944, in Charleroi, Belgium. He is now buried in the Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA. He was awarded the Prisoner Of War Medal and the Purple Heart.

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