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2Lt Harry E Creutzmann

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2Lt Harry E Creutzmann Veteran

Birth
Queens County, New York, USA
Death
16 Dec 1943 (aged 20)
At Sea
Burial
Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands Add to Map
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Family:
Frederick Emil Creutzmann (father)
Harriet (Dengler) Creutzmann (mother)
Frederick Arthur Creutzmann (brother)
Muriel H. Creutzmann (wife)

Rank: Second Lieutenant
Function: Co-Pilot
Division – Transport: 8th Air Force
Company – Squadron: 339th Bomber Squadron
Unit – Group: 96th Bomber Group, Heavy

Plane data:
Serialnumber: 42-31113
Type: B-17G
Destination: Bremen, Germany
Mission: Operational
MACR: 1564

Status: MIA
Place of death: Off the Dutch coast
Awards: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart

Other information: Aircraft 42-3113 was on an operational mission
to Bremen, Germany on 16 December 1943, when aircraft was attacked by enemy aircraft. One engine was knocked completely off the ship, falling on aircraft # 42-30872. Both ships went down at the Dutch coast near 5310N-0520E, a position over the Wadden Zee, approximately 2 miles Northwest of Harlingen, The Netherlands.
Family:
Frederick Emil Creutzmann (father)
Harriet (Dengler) Creutzmann (mother)
Frederick Arthur Creutzmann (brother)
Muriel H. Creutzmann (wife)

Rank: Second Lieutenant
Function: Co-Pilot
Division – Transport: 8th Air Force
Company – Squadron: 339th Bomber Squadron
Unit – Group: 96th Bomber Group, Heavy

Plane data:
Serialnumber: 42-31113
Type: B-17G
Destination: Bremen, Germany
Mission: Operational
MACR: 1564

Status: MIA
Place of death: Off the Dutch coast
Awards: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart

Other information: Aircraft 42-3113 was on an operational mission
to Bremen, Germany on 16 December 1943, when aircraft was attacked by enemy aircraft. One engine was knocked completely off the ship, falling on aircraft # 42-30872. Both ships went down at the Dutch coast near 5310N-0520E, a position over the Wadden Zee, approximately 2 miles Northwest of Harlingen, The Netherlands.

Gravesite Details

Entered the service from New York.


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  • Maintained by: MAJ Jimmy Cotton
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 6, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56297898/harry_e-creutzmann: accessed ), memorial page for 2Lt Harry E Creutzmann (6 Jun 1923–16 Dec 1943), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56297898, citing Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands; Maintained by MAJ Jimmy Cotton (contributor 48803557).