Posted By Jelle Reitsma on October 21, 2006 at 11:37:06:
I am looking for relatives of sgt R.W. Zercher (1907-1944), a ball turret gunner on a B-17G 'Karen B'. Returning from Mission 327 to Berlin's Friedrichstrasse station April, 29 1944 the crew crashlanded south of Ruurlo, the Netherlands. The crew was hidden for months by the Resistance, but due to betrayal Bob Zercher was arrested in Apeldoorn by the German Sicherheits Dienst September, 30 1944 and subsequently killed by the Germans October, 2 1944. I just finished a paper on the adventures of the 'Karen B' crew. If a member of the Zercher family is interested, it will be my pleasure to mail a copy of this paper.
Jelle Reitsma