Trommer Albert E.

Monuments

Museum of the Air Battle over the Ore Mountains September 11, 1944

Name:

Albert E. Trommer

Rank:

First Lieutenant

Serial Number:

Unit:

350th Bomber Squadron, 100th Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Death:

1944-09-11

State:

Michigan

Cemetery:

Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Lemay Township, St. Louis County, Missouri,

Plot:

SECTION 84 SITE 72-76

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Comments:

Born in 1919 in Michigan.
Pilot of B-17G Flying Fortress #42-102657 "Boss Lady." Shot down by enemy fighter on mission to Ruhland, Germany, and crashing in a region that is in present-day Czech Republic. Five crew members were Killed In Action, and five survived and were taken as Prisoners Of War by the Germans. The men lost were: 1st Lt. Albert E. Trommer, Pilot 2nd Lt. Levi F Groce, Jr, Bombardier 2nd Lt. James H Wright, Jr, Navigator T/Sgt. Alvin J W Severson, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner T/Sgt. William M Stone, Radio Operator The air crew was originally listed as Missing In Action (MACR 8820). The remains were later located and Lt. Trommer was interred here on April 4, 1951. The other names on the grave marker are members of several other B-17s that were lost on same mission date.
A street is named in his honor next to a WW2 museum remembering the day his aircraft was shot down.
Source: Find a Grave