Frank Albert Mateyka

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned 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

The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron

Places

Eye, home of the 490th Bomb Group, photographed from the air. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Eye from air.'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Brome

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