Emil Radosevich
Military
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UPL 34912
B-17 42-29807 crew members. 305th Bomb Group..
Back row, left to right :
Lt. John Meade, Co-pilot;
Lt. Ralph Miller, Pilot;
Lt. Donald McGowan, Navigator;
Lt. Joseph McGinley, Bombardier.
Front Row Left to right:
S/Sgt. Al Miller, Ball turret gunner;
T/Sgt. Bynum Crabtree, Engineer / Gunner;
S/Sgt. Edgar Lott, Waist Gunner;
S/Sgt. Emil Radosevich, Tail Gunner;
S/Sgt. Fulton Horn, Radio Operator.
Back row, left to right :
Lt. John Meade, Co-pilot;
Lt. Ralph Miller, Pilot;
Lt. Donald McGowan, Navigator;
Lt. Joseph McGinley, Bombardier.
Front Row Left to right:
S/Sgt. Al Miller, Ball turret gunner;
T/Sgt. Bynum Crabtree, Engineer / Gunner;
S/Sgt. Edgar Lott, Waist Gunner;
S/Sgt. Emil Radosevich, Tail Gunner;
S/Sgt. Fulton Horn, Radio Operator.
Information provided by Jim Ward and Steve Crabtree, relatives of T/Sgt. Bynum Crabtree, 305th Bomb Group.
Shot down 19 August 1943 in B-17 #42-29807 'Lady Liberty', Prisoner of War (POW).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lady liberty; Patsy Ann I
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Near Krems Austria | 19 August 1943 | Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15 |
Born |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources
Added POW Camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag 17B per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 304 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database