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 | John Dalton Goetschius Died in the service of our country
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| About John Dalton: | Goetschius was to go home on leave when he volunteered to replace another bombardier who was too sick. He was 22 when his plane went down over Mannheim, Germany. "He always told me that 90 percent of the bombardiers don't come back" recalled his sister Dorothy Goetschius Frey. 2nd Lt. Goetschius served as a Bombardier on B-17G #43-38300 that crashed in Germany during World War II. Burial: Saddle River Low Dutch Reformed Cemetery Upper Saddle River, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA |
