Walter J Zaremba
MilitaryCrashed near Rotterdam in B-24 Hot Box #41-29374 on 8/9/44, Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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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: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-818882
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Hot Box
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Alliquipa, Pennsylvania | 18 February 1920 | |
Enlisted |
Detroit, MI, USA | 4 May 1942 | |
Died |
Charter Township of Clinton, MI, USA | 13 October 2008 | |
Buried |
Clinton Township, Michigan | 18 October 2008 | Resurrection Cemetery Clinton Township Macomb County Michigan, USA |
Other Shot Down/Crash Landed |
3181 Rozenburg, Netherlands | 9 August 1944 | |
Other POW |
Tychowo, Poland | Stalag Luft IV Barracks 5 Room 3 |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources
Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Contributor466thHistorian
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ContributorAAM
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7380 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database