Martin Matyas
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Martin Matyas (N) (381st BG, 534th SQ). Photo likely taken September, 1944 at Biggs AAF, TX with crew #7267.
Marelius crew personal records
Assigned to 535BS, 381BG, 8AF USAAF. Bob Marelius crew.
KIS 23 April 1945 on excursion flight to Ireland. 31 men were picked to go on one-week vacation to Belfast, Ireland. Crashed into 2,000- foot peak on Isle of Man.
Awards: AM, PH.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39209643
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13086911
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12020569
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Bombardier; Togglier; Radar Counter-Measures Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12216647
- Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19181574 / O-?
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Hicksville, OH, USA | 9 November 1922 | Son of Anthony and Mary Matyas. |
Enlisted |
Toledo, OH, USA | 11 February 1943 | Toledo, Ohio |
Died Killed in Service (KIS) |
Isle of Man | 23 April 1945 | |
Buried |
Clay Township Cemetery, Genoa, Ottawa County, OH | Re-Interred Clay Township Cemetery Genoa, Ottawa County, Ohio |
Revisions
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Sources
Marelius crew records (Anthony Repka, nephew of 1st Lt Martin Matyas)
ContributorAAM
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / The Mighty Men of the 381st: Heroes All; 381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; Roll of Honor