Paul Milton Tomasko

Military

Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. 6-Jun-43 crashed in B17 42-5894 in ferrying loss. RTD Assigned to Freeman Goodman Provisional Bomb Group. 7 missions. Shot down 28 July 1943 in B-17 42-3282. Prisoner of War (POW).

Awards: AM (2OLC), POW, EAME, WWII Victory.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
42-5894
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Brother Bill

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 2B

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

26 January 1922 BornBoswell, Pennsylvania

Enlisted

17 September 1942 EnlistedPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania

Prisoner of war

Prisoner of War (POW)

28 July 1943 - 1 May 1945 Prisoner of War (POW)Stalag IIa, Hammerstein, Germany

Died

9 March 2007 DiedCleveland, Ohio

Buried

12 March 2007 InterredSunset Memorial ParkNorth Olmsted, Ohio

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 118 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / self, MACR 118, FGPG/ KIA Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey pp. 144, 200-201