Edward Andrew Muszynski
Military
UPL 43492
UPL 43492
Edward Muszinski’s Dog Tag on page 58 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/147874844 (NARA)
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- 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
- Date: 8 May 1944
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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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 |
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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