Bronko Smilanich
MilitaryAssigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Brunswick mission 8-Apr-44 in B-24 42-7767 'Shack Rabbit'; Shot down by fighters, baled out. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 3849
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16060557 / O-742628
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Shack Rabbit
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron 712th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 8 April 1944
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
St Louis County, MN | 21 July 1921 | Son of Louis and Kate [Rapaich] Smilanich. |
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Other Baled out POW |
Hanover, Germany | 8 April 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Brunswick mission 8-Apr-44 in B-24 42-7767 'Shack Rabbit'; Shot down by fighters, baled out. POW. MACR 3849 |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Krems an der Donau, Austria | 8 April 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag XVIIb. |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
2 October 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
Sauk Rapids, MN | 20 April 2001 | |
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Buried |
Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN | 23 April 2001 | Fort Snelling National Cemetery Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN Section 6-D Site 540 |
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Based Prisoner of War (POW) |
Shipdham | 8 April 1944 | Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. |
| East Habbing, MN |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3849 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database