Harvey Earl Kreitzman
Military
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 48443 - T/Sgt Harvey E Kreitzman, 95BG.
Assigned to 335BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Frankfurt in B-17 42-30181 'Herky Jerky II' 24-Jan-44; shot down by fighters, Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2258
Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-742956
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Herky Jerky II aka Lover Boy
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Juneau, Wisconsin, USA | 25 February 1921 | |
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Enlisted |
Milwaukee, WI | 31 August 1942 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 24 January 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
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Died |
Hustisford, WI | 1 October 2004 | |
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Buried |
Zion Cemetery Clyman, Dodge County, WI | 4 October 2004 | Zion Cemetery Clyman, Dodge County, Wisconsin |
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Based |
24 January 1944 | Assigned to 335BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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 Luft 4 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2258 / MACR 2258, 8th AF Losses / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
