Casimir Joseph Kolezynski
MilitaryHit by flak and later by fighters after falling out of formation on a mission to Genshagen near Berlin on 6 March 1944, B-24H #42-52306 crashed near Uelzen, East of Münster, Germany. Prisoner of War (POW).
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19114107
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 06668028
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33502423
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39151918 at enlistment, then O-683737
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Missions
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Cleveland, Ohio, USA | 23 May 1918 | |
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Enlisted |
30 June 1942 | Cleveland, Ohio | |
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Other Prisoner Of War (POW) |
6 March 1944 | after bailing out of B-24H #42-52306 | |
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Died |
12 May 1997 | Rocky River, Ohio | |
| Cleveland, Ohio |
Revisions
MACR 3349
NARA WWII Enlistment records
WWII Draft Card
NARA WWII POW records
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3349 / MACR 3349, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces & Page 278of the book LIBERATORS OVER EUROPE by Mackay, Bailey & Scorza, D790G458 &
href="http://www.458bg.com/crew29mcmains.htm">http://www.458bg.com/crew29mcmains.htm> / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database