John Kanyak

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
B-24 Liberator (MK-A+_, serial number 42-78483) of the 445th Bomb Group flies with a fellow Liberator. media-380562.jpg FRE 1740 My Dad's B-24 Liberator (MK-A+_, serial number 42-78483) of the 445th Bomb Group flies with a fellow Liberator. You Can See The ID # On The Tail Roger Freeman Collection

see my entries to John Kanyak and Vance H Murphy

Object Number - FRE 1740 - My Dad's B-24 Liberator (MK-A+_, serial number 42-78483) of the 445th Bomb Group flies with a fellow Liberator. You Can See The ID # On The Tail

Killed in Action (KIA) 9 August 1944 in B-24 #4278483



AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster

Connections

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

B-24 Liberator (MK-A+_, serial number 42-78483) of the 445th Bomb Group flies with a fellow Liberator.

Vance H Murphy

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 701st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 6299220
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Aircraft

B-24 Liberator (MK-A+_, serial number 42-78483) of the 445th Bomb Group flies with a fellow Liberator.

42-78483

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 701st Bomb Squadron

Missions

533

  • Date: 9 August 1944

Places

Signal Squares on the airfield at Tibenham, B-24 Liberators of the 398th Bomb Group are visible in the background. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Tibenham Signal Squares.'

Tibenham

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Tivetshall

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

57220 Fouligny, Lorraine, France 9 August 1944 Airplane was shot down by flak during a mission. John Kanyak apparently survived initially and was arrested by German Gendarmerie together with Vance H. Murphy, but both werde murdered subsequently by Gestapo.

Born

Pennsylvania

Buried

Plot C Row 5 Grave 61

Revisions

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ContributorLucy May
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Sources

Added John Kanyak's name to the digital Roll of Honour in the American Air Museum at IWM Duxford, UK.

http://abmc.gov/node/537391#.WsNuhk2pXcs

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according to http://www.445bg.org/aug,-1944.html, Mission 533 took place on Aug 9, 1944, targetting Saarbrücken. On that mission, B 42 #42-78483, the aircraft of John Kanyak and Vance H Murphy, as part of the 701st BS, was lost when hit by flak.

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https://www.abmc.gov/node/537391#.Wp0HHzYUlaQ

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https://www.abmc.gov/node/537391#.Wp0HHzYUlaQ

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See my previous remarks

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See previous remarks

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On Location: Filets of German Prosecutor's Office Staatsanwaltschaft Landgericht Mannheim 1 / Js 377/64
On cemetery: https://www.abmc.gov/node/537391#.Wpw0j-vGKrU

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Birsic, ABMC, MACR 7385, 2AD Roll of Honor / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

John Kanyak: Gallery (1 items)

B-24 Liberator (MK-A+_, serial number 42-78483) of the 445th Bomb Group flies with a fellow Liberator.

Object number: FRE 1740 - My Dad's B-24 Liberator (MK-A+_, serial number 42...