Frank Albert Mateyka
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 849BS, 490BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Karlsbad in B-17 43-30848; downed by ME262 near Schonau 19-Apr-45 B-17 43-38048, bailed out and shot by enemy troops whilst descending, suffering stomach wounds. Died of Wounds. Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Brome
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Lorraine American Cemetery, St Avold, France
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Newark, New Jersey | 29 November 1921 | Born Newark, New Jersey |
Died |
Prague, Czech | 21 April 1945 | Died of Wounds Prague, Czech |
Buried |
Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial, France | 1 January 1946 | Interred Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial Saint-Avold, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France |
Other Bailed out |
Beroun Czech | 19 April 1945 | Bailed out Beroun Czech Wounded in Stomach. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 14195 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database