John Saladiak
MilitaryAssigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Interned in Turkey. Shot down on 8/1/43 while on TDY to 9th AF for Ploesti raid in B-24 'Horse Fly' 42-40267.
Awards: DFC, AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Horse Fly
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 10 December 1917 | Son of Wasyl and Anastasia [Myschuck] Saladiak. |
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Other Interned in Turkey |
Turkey | 1 August 1943 | |
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Died |
Glenshaw, PA | 19 September 1994 | |
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Buried |
Allegheny County Memorial Park Allison Park, Allegheny County, PA | 22 September 1994 | Allegheny County Memorial Park Allison Park, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania |
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Based |
1 August 1943 | Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://8thairforce.com/44thbg/search/perlastname.asp
Removed information relating to 42-40267 'Horse Fly'. No crew list linking airman to aircraft.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8250, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey p. 219 & Page 394 in the book 2ND AIR DIVISIONby Turner Publishing Company, 1998 edition (D790.A2S45) & Page 396 in the book 2ND AIR DIVISIONby Turner Publishing Company, 1998 edition (D790.A2S4