Joseph R Medzihrasky
MilitaryShortened his last name to "Medzi" after the war.
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Aircraft
![A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-37894) nicknamed "Pegasus IV" of the 95th Bomb Group flies above the clouds. Image stamped on reverse: 'U.S. Air Force Photo 1361st Photographic Squadron Aerospace Audio-visual Services ( MAC)'[stamp] Printed caption on reverse: 'A-26344 - FORT FORTIFIED: During a recent raid over Bremen, Germany by the 8th AAF, a closeup of the new chin-turrent Flying Fortress was picked out of a formation for study. Making the Fort a more deadly weapon of air offense, the softeni](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-379282.jpg?itok=gkgVB5Us)
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Pegasus IV
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
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- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Ten Aces
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
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- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Smilin' Sandy Sanchez
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
Missions
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- Date: 20 May 1944
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- Date: 1 May 1944
- Date: 28 April 1944
- Date: 26 April 1944
- Date: 20 February 1944
Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Cleveland, OH | 2 January 1923 | |
Enlisted |
Columbus, OH | 13 December 1942 | Fort Hays |
Other 95th BG Combat Tour |
Horham | 11 December 1943 - 6 June 1944 | |
Other Wounded In Action |
Rostock, Germany | 26 February 1944 | Unspecified wound during mission |
Other Wounded In Action |
Sarreguemines, France | 1 May 1944 | Wounded in thigh during mission |
Died |
Parma, OH | 28 October 1984 | |
Buried |
Brook Park, OH | 31 October 1984 | Holy Cross Cemetery Brook Park, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA Add to Map Plot Sec 35, Lot 3438, Grave 2 |
Cleveland, OH | 2811 Vega Avenue |
Revisions
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Sources
http://www.ww2enlistment.org/index.php?page=directory&rec=1136393
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2238/images/44030_02_0…
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https://95thbg.mmsw.eu/person/4501
ContributorAAM
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://95thbg.org/95th_db_pages/left_formation_code/gethonoroll.php