Paul Hatalsky
Military ROLL OF HONOURTop Row Left to Right:
1st Lt Frederick Stindt (survived); 2nd Lt Irwin Roth (KIA); Lt George M Lacey ( transferred to 862 Sqdn pre 20/2/45); 2nd Lt Axel Johnson (KIA);
Bottom Row Left to Right
T Sgt K Mansour( reassigned pre 20/2/45); T Sgt W Deutsch (KIA); S Sgt P Hatalsky (KIA); S Sgt A Baraniak (KIA); S Sgt J Haynes (survived); S Sgt L Deniston (KIA)
The later crew members (KIA) were Sgt Francis Godfrey and Sgt Norman Reck. Irwin F Roth
Jeff Coleman
S/Sgt Paul Hatalsky born 1917 Pennsylvania, enlisted 1941 Detroit Michigan and served as a waist gunner with the 860th Bomb Squadron of the 493rd Bomb Group, flying bombing missions out of Debach, England. On 20 February 1945, he was Killed in Action (KIA) when B-17 43-38568 crashed in the River Deben at Ramsholt, Suffolk. He is buried in the Cambridge American Cemetery, Nr Cambridge England - Plot A Row 3 Grave 24
AM/Oak Leaf Cluster/PH
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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
- Nicknames: Little Davey II
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 861st Bomb Squadron 863rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Died |
20 February 1945 | ||
Buried |
Plot A Row 3 Grave 24 | ||
Other Entered service from |
Michigan, USA | Exact date not yet known |
Revisions
Hatalsky's headstone: https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/25859
ABMC, http://493bgdebach.co.uk/roster_list.php / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia