Eugene Ignatius Micinski

Military

Assigned to 32BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Blechhammmer, Germany; A/C hit by flak and filled with smoke, baled out on the 'prepare to' order. A/C subsequently returned to base. 7-Aug-44 Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 7536



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

301st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Leslie W Holman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 301st Bomb Group 32nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-397373
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot / Ops Officer

Aircraft

44-8001

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 301st Bomb Group 32nd Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Stalag Luft IV

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

South Bend, IN 18 January 1923 Son of Sophie Micinski.

Enlisted

Camp Perry, Lacarne, Ohio 6 January 1943 Camp Perry, Lacarne, Ohio

Other

Baled out POW

Blechhammmer, Germany 7 August 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Blechhammmer, Germany; A/C hit by flak and filled with smoke, baled out on the 'prepare to' order. A/C subsequently returned to base. 7-Aug-44 POW MACR 7536

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 7 August 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Other

Discharged USAAF

22 October 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

South Bend, IN 11 November 2004

Buried

Highland Cemetery, South Bend, IN 14 November 2004 Highland Cemetery South Bend, St Joseph County, IN
South Bend, IN Employed Kingsbury Ordnance Plant, Kingsbury, IN

Based

Lucera 7 August 1944 Assigned to 32BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF.

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