Ralph J Tomek
MilitaryShot down 20 December 1942 in B-17 41-24452 while serving as Waist Gunner. Prisoner of War (POW).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O438025
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 20 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 8 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Revisions
Combined two entries into a single entry. This record now includes information from the following source: MACR 16243 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database.
Lee Cunningham 4-Dec-2014. Added POW event per National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database; Corrected name per MACR 16243; made connections to Place, AIrcraft and Mission within existing website data.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 16243, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Hey and Bishop p.54-55