Dush Vukelich
MilitaryAssigned to 735BS, 453BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down by fighters and crashed at Mangelsdorf on 21-Jun-44 in B-24 Archibald 41-28591 Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 5993.
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: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-794732
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Archibald
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
14 February 1924 | Son of Theodore and Milica Amelia “Mildred” [Vanjnovich] Vukelich. | |
Enlisted |
16 January 1943 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | |
Other Shot down |
21 June 1944 | Shot down by fighters and crashed at Mangelsdorf on 21-Jun-44 in B-24 Archibald 41-28591 Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 5933. | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
21 June 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. | |
Other Discharged USAAF |
20 September 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
Enlisted |
23 January 1946 | ||
Other Discharged USAF |
20 September 1948 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
4 February 1981 | ||
Buried |
7 February 1981 | Saint George Cemetery Carrick, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania | |
Born |
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Based |
21 June 1944 | Assigned to 735BS, 453BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5933