John Terlecky Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down over Germany on 9 September 1944. Killed in Action (KIA). Crashed at Zweieichen in B-17 #4338324



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Units served with

The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.

490th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

43-38324

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 851st Bomb Squadron

Places

Eye, home of the 490th Bomb Group, photographed from the air. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Eye from air.'

Eye

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Brome

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Youngstown, Ohio 23 September 1923

Died

9 September 1944

Buried

Youngstown, Ohio

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / nephew, T. B. Burnich