Einar served as a First Lieutenant and Pilot on B-17F #42-5435, 366th Bomber Squadron, 305th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Itasca County, Minnesota prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps as an Aviation Cadet on November 7, 1941, prior to the war, at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as an Office Clerk and also as Single, without dependents.
B-17F #42-5435 took off, with a crew of 10, from England on a bombing mission over France. They were attacked by German Aircraft and were shot down and ditched in the Bay of Biscay off of France. The entire crew was lost in this ditching.
Einar was declared "Missing In Action" in this crash during the war.
He was decorated with an Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # O-661993
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
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Airmen who perished on B-17F #42-5435:
Cain, Warden ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, NM
Clark, Rene C. ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, CA
Gibson, Willis I. ~ Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, NY
Gillespie, Clarence W. ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, PA
Hirsch, Charles B. ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, MS
Markli, Robert G. ~ Sgt, Left Waist Gunner, MD
Schott, Erwin R. ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, MA
Sion, Fairen R. ~ T/Sgt, Engineer, OR
Spelts, Richard L. ~ S/Sgt, Right Waist Gunner, KS
Suomi, Einar H. ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, MN
( Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
He resided in Itasca County, Minnesota prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps as an Aviation Cadet on November 7, 1941, prior to the war, at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as an Office Clerk and also as Single, without dependents.
B-17F #42-5435 took off, with a crew of 10, from England on a bombing mission over France. They were attacked by German Aircraft and were shot down and ditched in the Bay of Biscay off of France. The entire crew was lost in this ditching.
Einar was declared "Missing In Action" in this crash during the war.
He was decorated with an Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # O-661993
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on B-17F #42-5435:
Cain, Warden ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, NM
Clark, Rene C. ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, CA
Gibson, Willis I. ~ Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, NY
Gillespie, Clarence W. ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, PA
Hirsch, Charles B. ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, MS
Markli, Robert G. ~ Sgt, Left Waist Gunner, MD
Schott, Erwin R. ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, MA
Sion, Fairen R. ~ T/Sgt, Engineer, OR
Spelts, Richard L. ~ S/Sgt, Right Waist Gunner, KS
Suomi, Einar H. ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, MN
( Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
Einar served as a First Lieutenant and Pilot on B-17F #42-5435, 366th Bomber Squadron, 305th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Itasca County, Minnesota prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps as an Aviation Cadet on November 7, 1941, prior to the war, at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as an Office Clerk and also as Single, without dependents.
B-17F #42-5435 took off, with a crew of 10, from England on a bombing mission over France. They were attacked by German Aircraft and were shot down and ditched in the Bay of Biscay off of France. The entire crew was lost in this ditching.
Einar was declared "Missing In Action" in this crash during the war.
He was decorated with an Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # O-661993
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on B-17F #42-5435:
Cain, Warden ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, NM
Clark, Rene C. ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, CA
Gibson, Willis I. ~ Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, NY
Gillespie, Clarence W. ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, PA
Hirsch, Charles B. ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, MS
Markli, Robert G. ~ Sgt, Left Waist Gunner, MD
Schott, Erwin R. ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, MA
Sion, Fairen R. ~ T/Sgt, Engineer, OR
Spelts, Richard L. ~ S/Sgt, Right Waist Gunner, KS
Suomi, Einar H. ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, MN
( Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
He resided in Itasca County, Minnesota prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps as an Aviation Cadet on November 7, 1941, prior to the war, at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as an Office Clerk and also as Single, without dependents.
B-17F #42-5435 took off, with a crew of 10, from England on a bombing mission over France. They were attacked by German Aircraft and were shot down and ditched in the Bay of Biscay off of France. The entire crew was lost in this ditching.
Einar was declared "Missing In Action" in this crash during the war.
He was decorated with an Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # O-661993
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on B-17F #42-5435:
Cain, Warden ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, NM
Clark, Rene C. ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, CA
Gibson, Willis I. ~ Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, NY
Gillespie, Clarence W. ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, PA
Hirsch, Charles B. ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, MS
Markli, Robert G. ~ Sgt, Left Waist Gunner, MD
Schott, Erwin R. ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, MA
Sion, Fairen R. ~ T/Sgt, Engineer, OR
Spelts, Richard L. ~ S/Sgt, Right Waist Gunner, KS
Suomi, Einar H. ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, MN
( Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
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Records on Ancestry
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U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S., Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949
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1930 United States Federal Census
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U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
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U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
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U.S., Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Unaccounted-for Remains, Group B (Unrecoverable), 1941-1975
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