Edmund J Mikolaitus

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down 16-Aug-44 in B-17G #42-31673 'Lassie Come Home' while serving as Radio Operator/Waist Gunner. Aircraft was attacked by German fighters, exploded in mid-air and crashed at Deiderode, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA)

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

The nose art of a B-17G Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31673) nicknamed "Lassie Come Home" of the 91st Bomb Group Passed for publication 10 Jan 1943. On reverse: Not For Publication, Personal Use Only, US Army Examiner [Stamp].

42-31673

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lassie Come Home
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron

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Killed in Action (KIA)

16 August 1944 Killed when aircraft was attacked by German fightere, exploded in mid-air, and crashed at Deiderode, Germany

Born

Buried

Originally buried by the Germans in a mass grave in the Deiderode Cemetery, Germany. After the war his remains were re-interred for a time at the Ardennes American Cemetery C-6-129. After the war his remains were repatriated to Pennsylvania.

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.

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Corrected a typo in the "Summary biography" - “Waist Gunner” was misspelled.

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Corrected a typo in the "Summary biography" - “Operator” was misspelled.

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Corrected a typo in the "Buried event description" - "repatriated" was misspelled.

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Lee Cunningham 15-Dec-2014. Added SN and KIA event per MACR 8183; added Burial event per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; made connections Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data; Edited biography adding crew position, loss details and for consistency. COMBINED data from a duplicate enrty based on original ingest of data from Paul Andrews "Project Bits and Pieces" and USAF Honor Roll.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8183