Michael Comarnisky
MilitaryAfter fighter and flak attacks on a mission to Brunswick, GR on 29 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-37953 made an emergency landing SW of Steinhuder Lake, GR. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
He stayed in the service until June 1969, retiring as a T/Sgt, then worked in hospital maintenance. He died 7 November 1995 in the Lebanon Valley PA VA hospital.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Centralia, Pennsylvania, USA | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Near Krems Austria | 29 March 1944 | Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15 |
Revisions
Added POW Camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag 17B per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition; MACR 3480, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3480 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database