Edward Kostecki

Military

Shot down 23 November 1942 in B-17 41-24478 while serving as Ball Turret Gunner. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group

Missions

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Events

Event Location Date Description

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Killed in Action (KIA)

Piriac-sur-Mer, France 23 November 1942 Was unable to exit the aircraft and died when it crashed.

Buried

Saint-James, France Originally buried by the Germans in the English Cemetery at Escoublac, France. After the war his remains were moved to the Brittany American Cemetery, Plot J, Row 18, Grave 20.

Revisions

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 2-Dec-2014. Added KIA event per MACT 15392; edited Burial details per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Satan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE and American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record.

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 7-Nov-2014. MACR 15392; American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC)

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15392 , Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. One by Bishop and Hey, p. 48