Personal File · AirmanKilled in Action

Bernard R. Swart.

328th Squadron · Of Rural Delivery Timber Four, Washington, Pennsylvania.

The man.

§ Biography

2nd Lt. Bernard R. Swart, serial number O-801220, was killed in action on 2 March 1944 when the aircraft was downed near Sieglar. His next of kin was his mother, Mrs. Margaret A. Swart, Rural Delivery Timber Four, Washington, Pennsylvania.

Swart's identification tag was documented, though one German record notes it was broken in half. German records spell his name as "Bernhard R. Swart" or occasionally "Stewart," but serial number O-801220 confirms identification. He was buried in the Old Cemetery of Sieglar on 4 March 1944.

Service record.

§ As Catalogued
Rank
2nd Lieutenant
Serial Number
O-801220
Hometown
Rural Delivery Timber Four, Washington, Pennsylvania

Interment.

§ At Rest
Cemetery
Old Cemetery of Sieglar
Location
Sieglar, Germany