George Ostroot

MACR: 6128

2nd Lt. George Ostroot Jr was assigned to the 459th BG 759th Squadron.
Military Occupational Specialty (MOS): Navigator.

2nd Lt. George Ostroot Jr., 759th Bomb Squadron Navigator and 459 BGA Member No. 512, is shown in this photo of Joe Young`s crew in 1944. George is in the front row far right. George and most of his crew became P O W`s on 6/16/44 when their plane was shot down after bombing a Vienna, Austria oil refinery on 459 BG Mission No. 60. Their plane crash landed in a Hungarian grain field. Pilot Joe Young and Gunner Donald Hunt perished on this mission. S/Sgt Donald Hunt is in back row - far right. John Ostroot, George`s son, reports that George passed away 2/26/07 at the age of 86 in St Louis, Mo. 2nd Lt George Ostroot Jr`s story of Mission No.60 and his early days of being a P O W will be listed under 759th BS Servicemen stories.

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