Adolf Bielok
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 50065 - 1st Lt Adolph Bielok, 352FG
Assigned to 487FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited with a shared destroyed. 25 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) escort mission to St Omer, strafing a train was hit by return fire and crashed into train in P-51 43-6868. Killed in Action (KIA). 28-Jun-44. MACR 8673.
Awards: AM, PH.
According to Niece (via https://www.fold3.com/page/84414645/adolf-bielok), Adolph was known as Edward or Ed.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Royal Air Force Bodney
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Lyndora, PA | 4 October 1919 | Son of Lukas and Stella Bielok. |
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Enlisted |
Milwaukee, WI, USA | 19 June 1942 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin. |
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Other Commissioned |
1 October 1943 | Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant. | |
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Based |
Bodney | 22 March 1944 - 28 June 1944 | Assigned to 487FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Promoted |
Bodney, Thetford IP26, UK | 15 June 1944 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
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Other Killed in Action |
Saint-Omer, France | 28 June 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) escort mission to St Omer, strafing a train was hit by return fire and crashed into train in P-51 43-6868. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8673. |
| Kenosha, WI, USA |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 8673;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8673 / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
