Michael Nick Malinich

Military

Prisoner of War. Crashed at Alken on 9/28/44 in B-17 'G. I. Jane' 43-37520.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.

388th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

43-37520

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: G.I. Jane
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron

Places

Stalag Luft IV

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of war

28 September 1944 Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16

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Sources

https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=3159&mtch=1&cat=GP24&…;
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/159527341/michael-n-malinich

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.388bg.info/Personnel.html