Sylvester Casimer Kuraszkiewicz
MilitaryAssigned 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
- 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: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron 750th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17071717 / O-747374
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot ; Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- 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 |
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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
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).
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