John G Gazda

Military

Shot down by flak and crashed near Erneghem on 7/1/44 in B-24 #42-52758, Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

A diagrammatic layout of AAF Station 174 - the USAAF codename for Sudbury airfield - while the 486th Bomb Group were stationed at the airbase as of the 22 June 1944.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Swingtime in the Rockies, Gin Mill Jill
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 835th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Kansas City, Kansas, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 1 July 1944 Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16

Revisions

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

Added POW camp info to the POW event from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6771 / MACR6771 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database