Sylvester Casimer Kuraszkiewicz

Military

Assigned to 750BS, 457BG, 8AF USAAF. Upon landing at Nutts Corner, Ireland on ferry flight from Goose Bay, Labrador on 23-Jan-44, B-17G 42-97459 ran off the end of the runway due to high landing speed and a wet runway. RTD.



Failed to Return (FTR) Le Bourget in B-17 42-102464; Hit by flak lost two engines. 14-Jun-44 Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 5805





Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 457th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron 750th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17071717 / O-747374
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot ; Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: What's Next?
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
The mission board of the 457th Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image: '(GM-299-2-457)(16/5/45)(Op's Board's).'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Connington
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Buffalo, NY 21 August 1922 Son of Valentine and Lohiet 'Lottie' Kuraszkiewicz.

Enlisted

Buffalo, NY 9 December 1942 Buffalo, New York

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 14 June 1944 Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16

Other

Baled out POW

Le Bourget, France 14 June 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Le Bourget in B-17 42-102464; Hit by flak lost two engines. 14-Jun-44 Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 5805
Sloan, NY

Based

Glatton 14 June 1944 Assigned to 750BS, 457BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Sources

Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity. Added S/N and POW camp information from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Flak Dodger by Roland Byers, MACR 5805 / MACR 5805 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database