Paul Bernard Kapczynski
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned 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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- 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
- 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
- Site type: Airfield
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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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11760