Adolph Bernard Chilek
MilitaryShot down 18 April 1944 in B-17 #42-37902 'Sure Thing' while manning the ball turret. He would become a POW, but survive the war and return safely back to Texas.
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- Date: 16 March 1944
- Date: 15 March 1944
- Date: 9 March 1944
- Date: 4 March 1944
- Date: 3 March 1944
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Wharton, Texas, USA | 8 January 1922 | |
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Enlisted |
Houston, Texas, USA | 8 October 1942 | |
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Other Shot down |
Barnewitz, Germany | 18 April 1944 | Shot down over a mission to Oranienburg, Germany, while on B-17 42-37902, while serving as the ball turret gunner on the aircraft. Would later become a POW. |
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Other Prisoner of War |
Stalag XVII-B, Austria | 18 April 1944 | After being taken prisoner, Chilek would spend the remainder of the war at Stalag XVII-B. |
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Other Discharged |
9 October 1945 | ||
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Died |
Houston, Texas, USA | 15 April 2007 | |
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Buried |
Evergreen Memorial Park, Wharton, Texas, USA | 15 April 2007 | |
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Based |
Framlingham | Assigned to the 568BS, 390BG, 8AF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4013 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database