Sidney Charles Ukrain

Military
media-56242.jpeg UPL 56242 Sidney Ukrain in front of his plane.

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Object Number - UPL 56242 - Sidney Ukrain in front of his plane.

Assigned to 546BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF.





Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).

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Units served with

Aircraft

42-31375

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
Nose section of an airplane that has a plexiglass bubble on the front. On the side is a painting of a coin with the words "Silver Dollar" painted around the coin.

42-37781

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Silver Dollar
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron

42-37848

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sissy
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron

42-38014

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Little America II
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron 546th Bomb Squadron

42-97139

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Flak Hopper
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron

Missions

327

  • Date: 29 April 1944
A B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29155) nicknamed "Picadilly Commando" of the 446th Bomb Group. First handwritten caption on reverse: '446BG B/24 leaving Ruhr on its way home 22 April 1944.' Second handwritten caption on reverse: '22/4/44, 21,000 Ft. Hamm, smoke screen in distance.'

311

  • Date: 22 April 1944

309

  • Date: 20 April 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

New York City, NY 22 January 1924 Son of Louis and Yetta Ukrain.

Enlisted

New York City, NY 12 November 1942 New York City, New York

Died

21 July 2016

Buried

Sarasota National Cemetery Sarasota, Sarasota County, FL 24 July 2016 Sarasota National Cemetery Sarasota, Sarasota County, Florida

Based

Grafton Underwood Assigned to 546BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF.

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