Joseph George Rachunas
Military
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FRE 5134
The insignia of the 545th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Assigned to the 384th BG 545th BS on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #91 dated 7 September 1943, without crew. Transferred from the 6th Service Squadron, 24 combat missions.
Shot down 13 April 1944 in B-17 #42-38112, MRS GEEZIL. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 3869
POW
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-744081 Enlisted ASN 13005703
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15080142
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32360522
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32413026
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 13 April 1944 | POW Camp: Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15. |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3869 / MACR 3968, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database