Andrew Chasko
Military
Object Number - UPL 46931 - Lt Andrew Chasko, 62FS, 56FG.
Commendation for Air Support, General Patton, Battle of the Bulge;
Never Lost a Wing Man in Combat;
Several Credit Kills in Aerial Combat against Lufwaffe fighter aircraft;
Prisoner of War (POW) crashed at Mesum on 31-Dec-44 in P-47 44-19930
Survivor of the (death) March in extreme winter conditions
Escaped from POW Camp
MACR 11170
Awards: AM (5OLC), PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME (3 bronze stars).
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 78th Fighter Group 62nd Fighter Squadron 82nd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Struthers, Mahoning County, OH | 19 January 1919 | Son of Joseph and Mary Chasko. |
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Enlisted |
546 Jack Gibbs Blvd, Columbus, OH 43215, USA | 27 September 1941 | Fort Hayes Columbus, Ohio |
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Based |
Boxted | 1 September 1944 - 31 December 1944 | Assigned to 62FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 31 December 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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Other Shot down |
Mesum, 48432 Rheine, Germany | 31 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) escort Hannover shot down crashed at Mesum on 31-Dec-44 in P-47 44-19930. POW MACR 11170 |
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Died |
Fair Oaks, CA, USA | 13 February 2002 | |
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Buried |
Fair Oaks Cemetery Fair Oaks Sacramento County, CA | 16 February 2002 | Fair Oaks Cemetery Fair Oaks Sacramento County, California |
| Struthers, OH, USA | |||
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Other Discharged USAAF |
Honourable discharge |
Revisions
Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list;
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29934582/andrew-chasko
https://www.fold3.com/image/30324164
https://www.fold3.com/record/619919850-andrew-chasko-1919
https://www.fold3.com/page/84165159-andrew-chasko/facts
https://www.fold3.com/record/35871078-andrew-chasko
http://littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=chasko&Submit=Search
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29934582/andrew-chasko
https://www.fold3.com/image/30324164
https://www.fold3.com/record/619919850-andrew-chasko-1919
https://www.fold3.com/page/84165159-andrew-chasko/facts
https://www.fold3.com/record/35871078-andrew-chasko
http://littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=chasko&Submit=Search
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29934582/andrew-chasko
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11170 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
