Murray Podolsky

Military

Shot down by fighters and crashed Diepholz, GR on a mission to Brunswick on 10 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-31054 'Irish Luck', Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

Staff Sergeant Rich, a top turret gunner of the 95th Bomb Group with his B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97232 ) nicknamed "Sandy's Refueling Boys", August 1944. Image via Albert Keeler, 95th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'S/Sgt Rich top turret gunner 412 BS.'

412th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

95th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-31054

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Irish Luck
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event	Location	Date
Died		10 February 1944
Born	New York, USA
Buried
Other Killed in Action (KIA)	Germany	10 February 1944

Revisions

Date29 Apr 2023 20:02:03

Contributorjmoore43

Changes

Sources

Capitalized the words "Waist Gunner" in the "Role/job" field.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:20:24

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2545 / MACR 2545, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database