Swart, Bernhard Ralph – ww2 Pacific

Rank and Name, Second Lieutenant Bernhard Ralph Swart.

Unit/Placed in, 327th Bomber Squadron, 92nd Bomber Group.

Bernhard is born on 1 Sep. 1919 in Washington, Pennsylvania.

Father, Samuel Jackson Swart.

Mother, Margaret (Bell) Swart.

Sister(s), Helen May Swart.

Brother(s), Harold W. and Samuel Reed Swart.

Bernhard enlisted the service in Pennsylvania with service number # 0-801220.

Bernhard‘s crew-members and their position on-board the plane a B-17 were,

2^nd Lt. Bernard R. Swart Pilot

1^st Lt. Everett C. Brown Co-Pilot

2^nd Lt. Jim Good Navigator

2^nd Lt. Walter H. Verbanic Bombardier

SSgt. Kenneth Jodrie Engineer/Top Turret Gunner

SSgt. Emmett Tucker Radio-Operator/Top turret

Sgt. George Smith Ball Turret Gunner

Sgt. Roy C. Davis Waist-Gunner/Ball Turret

Sgt. Robert blohm Left waist-Gunner

Sgt. Wesley McDannel Tail Gunner

Bernhard was KIA when they were shot by enemy Plane’s and crashed near Bonn on 2 March 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Bernhard was first buried at Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial, Neuville-en-Condroz, Arrondissement de Liège, Liège, Belgium.

And in 1950 reburied at Zachary Taylor National Cemetery

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA.

Thanks to,

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MB3F-TDB

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com and ww2-europe.com.

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker

Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.