Edward Andrew Muszynski

Military
Edward Muszinski’s Dog Tag UPL 43492 UPL 43492 Edward Muszinski’s Dog Tag on page 58 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/147874844 (NARA) Off

Object Number - UPL 43492 - Edward Muszinski’s Dog Tag on page 58 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/147874844 (NARA)

Assigned to 338BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) from Berlin in B-17 42-102541 8-May-44; A/C rammed by Me109, exploding due to wing tank fire. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 4574



Awards: AM (3OLC), PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13108609 / O-818811
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12046804 / O-676879
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12075947 / O-811604
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39907604
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18131450
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

1 October 1921

Enlisted

15 October 1942 East Chicago, Indiana

Other

Bailed out over Hildesheim

8 May 1944 of B-17 42-102541. Captured the same day near Lamspringe, 5km SE of Sehlem, near Hildesheim, Germany

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

8 May 1944 Interned at Stalag Luft 3, Sagan/Zagan, Poland. Force-marched from there to Stalag 7A, Moosburg, Germany. Liberated there by US troops on 29 April 1945. NARA WWII POW record : “Returned to Military Control on 30 May 1945.”

Other

Discharged USAAF

14 October 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

27 May 1998

Based

Prisoner of War (POW)

8 May 1944 Assigned to 338BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Edward Muszynski rests at the Holy Cross Cemetery and Mausoleum in Calumet City, Illinois

Revisions

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Sources

MACR 4574
WWII Draft Card
NARA WWII POW Records

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4574 / MACR 4574; Snetterton Falcons pg 82 & 142 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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