John Thomas Kazmerski

Military

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20540594 at enlistment, then O-748706
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane.  Four men standing to the rear and six men kneeling in front.
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Belle of the Brawl
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: Base Air Depot 1 303rd Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron

Places

Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Returned (RTD)

1 December 1943 Ditched off Portsmouth, entire crew rescued; no MACR.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 13 April 1944 Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12

Born

Revisions

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

Added a POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag Luft 1 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

Date
Changes
Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
- http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=5987

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ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

MACR 1334 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database