Steven Manzuk

Military

Assigned 773BS, 463BG, 15AF USAAF.

Failed to Return (FTR) Missing in Action Blechhammer 10-Dec-44 Hit by flak crashed Adriatic Sea, Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 10689.



Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-5287) of the 463rd Bomb Group, 15th Air Force in flight with open bomb bay doors. Handwritten caption on reverse: '463 BG Gills.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 773rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12176628 / O-826906
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 773rd Bomb Squadron

Places

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-5287) of the 463rd Bomb Group, 15th Air Force in flight with open bomb bay doors. Handwritten caption on reverse: '463 BG Gills.'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Foggia Satellite #1, San Nicola-d'Arpi

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Edenborn, Fayette, PA 2 February 1924 Son of John Snr and Mary A Manzuk.

Enlisted

Greensburg, PA 17 April 1943

Died

10 December 1944

Born

McClellandtown, PA

Based

Celone 10 December 1944 Assigned 773BS, 463BG, 15AF USAAF.

Buried/ Commemorated

Tablets of the Missing Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial

Buried/ Commemorated

Holy Trinity Orthodox Church, New Salem, PA Memorialised Holy Trinity Orthodox Church New Salem, PA

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