Frederick Joseph Kushera Jr
Military
Rear L-R: F/O Bernie White, 1Lt William Louis Meyran, 2Lt Larry Paul, 2Lt Warren l Davidson, 2Lt Fredrick J Kushera
Front L-R: S/Sgt Charles R Kennedy, S/Sgt Victor C Petrauskas, S/Sgt Melvin P Brown, T/Sgt William Scott Tull, S/Sgt Anthony N Perry
Object Number - UPL 36900 - "Meyran's crew of the 8th AF 398th Bomb Group by their B-17 at their at their base in England, 1 August 1944." Rear L-R: F/O Bernie White, 1Lt...
Assigned to 603BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Bretteville, LeRabet; Hit by flak in B-17 42-107223 8-Aug-44. Baled out Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 7384
Award: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19098766 / O-755592
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Whittier, California | 19 November 1918 | Son of Frederick J Snr and Efie M Kushera. |
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Other Baled out POW |
Bretteville | 8 August 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Bretteville, LeRabet; Hit by flak in B-17 42-107223 8-Aug-44. Baled out POW. MACR 7384 |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 8 August 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
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Died |
Cathedral City, CA | 7 October 2012 | |
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Buried |
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Cypress, CA | 12 October 2012 | Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cypress, Orange County, CA |
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Based |
Nuthampstead | 8 August 1944 | Assigned to 603BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. |
| Compton, CA | Husband of Dorothy P Kushera. |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
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Sources
398th History, Vol 1 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia