Anthony Arnold Kalupy
MilitaryAssigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Schweinfurt in B-17 41-24527 'The Great Speckled Bird' 17-Aug-43; shot down by fighters, A/C crashed Waldeschaff. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 274
Awards: 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: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16059365 / O-665326
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Sky Wolf, Great Speckled Bird
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Fon du Lac, WI | 16 January 1921 | Son of Anthony Frank and Ida M Kalupy. |
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Enlisted |
Milwaukee, WI | 2 March 1942 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 17 August 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
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Other Baled out POW |
Waldeschaff, Germany | 17 August 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Schweinfurt in B-17 41-24527 'The Great Speckled Bird' 17-Aug-43; Baled out POW MACR 274 |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
29 December 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
Charleston, SC | 5 March 1991 | |
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Buried |
Saint Stanislaus Cemetery Berlin, Green Lake County, WI | 8 March 1991 | Saint Stanislaus Cemetery Berlin, Green Lake County, Wisconsin |
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Based |
Bassingbourn | 17 August 1943 | Assigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
Added S/N and POW camp information from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 274 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database