Alvin Edward Podwojski
Military
Object Number - UPL 32060 - "Captain A E Podwojski, Cleveland, OH commanding officer of a weather flight command, Bovington England, poses under a plane bearing the weathercock...
Assigned to 326BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. Complteed tour with B-17's. 2nd tour assigned to 654BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF flying Mosquitos.
INT in Sweden on 3 Apr 1945. Mosquito chaff dispensing mission over Kiel. Lost engine on Graypea to Kiel, Ger. Landed in Sweden and interned.
(Alvin Podwojsky has now anglicised his surname to Podway. )
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Cuyahoga County, OH, USA | 18 August 1917 | Son of Walter Sr and Josephine Podwojski. |
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Enlisted |
546 Jack Gibbs Blvd, Columbus, OH 43215, USA | 2 September 1941 | Fort Hayes Columbus Ohio |
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Other Crashed |
Bangor International Airport, 287 Godfrey Blvd, Bangor, ME 04401, USA | 15 July 1942 | Taxiing Accident Mech Failure Dow Field, ME Cat 3 damage Lt Alvin E Podwojski, 15-Jul-42. B-17F 41-24421 - 326BS 92BG |
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Other Forced Landing INT |
Bulltofta, Kirseberg, Malmö, Sweden | 3 April 1945 | Forced Landing Engine Failure Malmo Bulltofta, Sweden Cat m damage Capt Alvin E Podwojski, 3-Apr-45. Mosquito XVI NS650 - 654BS 25BG 8AF |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
9 October 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
Brecksville, OH | 10 December 1997 | |
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Buried |
All Saints Cemetery, Northfield, Summit County, OH | 13 December 1997 | All Saints Cemetery Northfield, Summit County, Ohio |
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Based |
Polebrook | Assigned to 326BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
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Based |
Watton | Assigned to 654BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/image/122258754
https://www.fold3.com/record/34276664-alvin-e-podway
https://www.fold3.com/record/84164785-alvin-e-podwojski
https://www.fold3.com/record/624992051-alvin-podway-1917
https://www.myheritage.com/names/albin_podwojski
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/163160066/alvin-e-podway
Norman Malayney, "The 25th Bomb Group (Rcn) in WWII" Schiffer Publications Ltd. 2011.
Combat Chronology, Unit History; Aerial Intelligence of the 8th Air Force, pg 13, 18 (photo), 74-76, 177 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
