Chester Zolynski

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Chester Zolynski UPL 63789 UPL 63789 Chester Zolynski

303 Bomb Group Face Book Page - Internet Photo

Object Number - UPL 63789 - Chester Zolynski

Member of Alexander crew. Killed in Action (KIA) at Ijmuiden in B-17 #43-37927. Still listed as Missing In Action (MIA)

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Units served with

A diagrammatic layout of AAF Station 174 - the USAAF codename for Sudbury airfield - while the 486th Bomb Group were stationed at the airbase as of the 22 June 1944.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-760522
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-771285
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36747223
  • Highest Rank: Corporal
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Corporal
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Last Roundup
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron

Missions

  • Date: 6 December 1944

Places

Aerial photograph of Sudbury airfield looking south west, the bomb dump is to the upper right of the airfield, 29 February 1944. Photograph taken by 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, sortie number US/7PH/GP/LOC188. English Heritage (USAAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Acton

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 12 June 1921 the son of Polish-born Joseph and Blanche Zolynski

Enlisted

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States 11 September 1942

Died

near Ijmuiden, The Netherlands 6 December 1944

Born

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Other

Memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing

Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands

Revisions

Date
ContributorYorkshireman
Changes
Sources

303 Bomb Group Face Book Page - Internet Photo

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

US Census 1930
NARA WWII Enlistment Records
WWII Draft Registration Cards
WWII MIA list at http://www.dpaa.mil/Portals/85/Documents/WWIIAccounting/united_states_a…

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / WWW.486th.org roster

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

MACR 11048
NARA WWII Enlistment records
ABMC website

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11048 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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