Francis Andrew Zygmunt

Military

Assigned to 737BS, 454BG, 15AF USAAF. Based at Cerignola. 16 x missions with Aubrey Edwards crew. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Graz, Austria. Fell to gunfire from enemy aircraft, 2Lt William Riechle craddled his best buddy Zygmunt as he breathed his final breathe. Killed in Action (KIA)

Awards: AM (OLC), PH.

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Units served with

454th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

737th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-52193

Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
Nicknames: Bubble Trouble, Star Dust, Star Dust II
Unit: 454th Bomb Group 737th Bomb Squadron

42-52225

Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
Nicknames: Hot Rocks / Moo Juice
Unit: 454th Bomb Group 737th Bomb Squadron

Places

Pantanella

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Date	Description
Born	10 September 1920	BornBayonne, New Jersey
Other Commissioned	4 September 1942	Commissioned 2nd Lt
Enlisted	13 July 1943	EnlistedNewark, New Jersey
Died Killed in Action (KIA)	19 March 1944	Killed in Action (KIA)Novo Mesto, Yugoslavia
Buried	15 August 1949	Re-InterredSaint Gertrude Cemetery and MausoleumColonia, New Jersey