John F Wallaszek

Military

Shot down16-Aug-44 in B-17G #42-31673 'Lassie Come Home' while serving as Tail Gunner. Aircraft was attacked by German fighters but he managed to bale out of the stricken aircraft just before if exploded in mid-air and crashed at Deiderode, Germany. Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

The nose art of a B-17G Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31673) nicknamed "Lassie Come Home" of the 91st Bomb Group Passed for publication 10 Jan 1943. On reverse: Not For Publication, Personal Use Only, US Army Examiner [Stamp].

42-31673

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lassie Come Home
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron

Missions

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 (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 16 August 1944 - 4 July 1945 Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 4-Jul-45.

Born

San Antonio, TX, USA

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added POW Camp info to the POW event from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag Luft 4 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 15-Dec-2014. Corrected BS association to 324BS per MACR 8183.

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 15-Dec-2014. Added SN event per MACR 8183; added POW event per National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database; made connections to Decoration, Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data; edited biography adding crew position, loss details and for consistency. COMBINED data from a duplicate enrty based on original ingest of data from Paul Andrews "Project Bits and Pieces" and USAF Honor Roll.

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8183