Paul Bernard Kapczynski

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media-37311.jpeg UPL 37311 Sgt Paul B Kapczynski Ball Turret gunner 359BS, 303BG

Object Number - UPL 37311 - Sgt Paul B Kapczynski Ball Turret gunner 359BS, 303BG

Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. Stand-in for the crews regular ball turret gunner. Failed to Return (FTR) Aschaffenburg; crashed near Rottweil in B-17 42-97058 'Scorchy II' Killed in Action (KIA) 21-Jan-45 MACR 11760



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-826029
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97058) nicknamed "Scorchy II" of the 303rd Bomb Group at Mount Farm. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group. Written on slide casing: '303 BG Mount Farm.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Scorchy II
  • Unit: 1st Air Division 41st Combat Bomb Wing 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron

Missions

  • Date: 21 January 1945

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1 April 1923 Son of Anna Kapczynski.

Enlisted

Pittsburgh, PA 18 February 1943

Died

Rottweil, Germany 21 January 1945 Failed to Return (FTR) Aschaffenburg; crashed near Rottweil in B-17 42-97058 'Scorchy II' Killed in Action (KIA) 21-Jan-45 MACR 11760

Based

Molesworth 21 January 1945 Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Calvary Cemetery Pittsburgh, PA Re-Interred Calvary Cemetery Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

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