(F. Birtciel)
Lt. George E. Eichorn
(F. Birtciel)
Lt. George E. Eichorn
343rd FS - January 1945 - 21 February 1945 (Prisoner of War)
| Assigned Aircraft |
P-51D 44-15060 |
| Mission History |
Not Known |
| Mission List |
Not Known |
| Air Scores | 0-0-0 |
| Ground Scores | 0-0 |
| Notes | Born in Ashland, Montana, 25 June 1922 Downed by ground fire on 21 February 1945 near Bamberg in Germany. MACR No. 12593 February 1945 - Awarded the Air Medal |
| Memories | Captain William H. Lewis (flight leader) report of Lt. Eichorn's crash - "Crashed in vicinity of Bamberg, Germany, due to flak. Torn-off right wing at root and cart-wheeled into trees. Looked as if no survival." |