Benjamin Michael Baldasano

Military

Assigned to 350BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Don Cielewich crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Mannheim/Ludwigshaven in B-17 42-3413 'Hard Luck!' 14-Aug-44; Shot down by flak. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 7899



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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People

Lenard Evert Moen

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19180162 / O-711774
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Cyrenne Lawrence Ropson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36226652
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Henry Joseph Sytnik

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35892337
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Morristown, Pennsylvania 4 September 1919 Joseph and Accursia Mary [Ciaccio] Baldasano.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 14 August 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Other

Discharged USAAF

19 November 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

Scottsdale, AZ 26 July 2008

Based

14 August 1944 Assigned to 350BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Happy Homestead Cemetery South Lake Tahoe, El Dorado County, CA Happy Homestead Cemetery South Lake Tahoe, El Dorado County, California

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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https://www.100thbg.com/index.php?option=com_bombgrp&view=personnel&id=…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95827845/benjamin-baldasano

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Contributoracbernstein1
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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/91043864. (MACR 7899)

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag Luft 4 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added an association to the A/C #42-3413 listed in the "Summary biography".
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Added an association to the 100th BG listed in the A/C #42-3413 description section.

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ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

100th Bomb Group Foundation Directory, 2000 - 2001, MACR 7899 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia