Casimir Paul Piatek
Military
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S/Sgt Casimir Paul Piatek, 303BG
Assigned to 560BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. 25 x combat missions. Crashed near Merseburg on 28-Sep-44 in B-17 'Reuel's Revenge' 42-97219. Prisoner of war (POW). MACR 9378
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- 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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19013352 / O-1996097
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Reuel's Revenge
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Hammond, Indiana | 2 February 1920 | Son of Thomas Piatek. |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 28 September 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
Died |
10 July 1992 | ||
Buried |
Mustang Cemetery Mustang, Canadian County, OK | 13 July 1992 | Mustang Cemetery Mustang, Canadian County, Oklahoma |
Based |
Knettishall | 28 September 1944 | Assigned to 560BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://303rdbg.com/rost-nopq.html#N
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.388bg.info/Personnel.html