Chester Adam Grudzinski

Military
Staff Sergeant A Grundzinski of the 78th fighter Group fashions a patch to repair bullet damage to a P-47 thunderbolt wing while working inside the welding shop at Duxford. This building has now been demolished. Image from Chester Grudzinski media-36883.jpeg HU 54661 Staff Sergeant A Grundzinski of the 78th fighter Group fashions a patch to repair bullet damage to a P-47 thunderbolt wing while working inside the welding shop at Duxford. This building has now been demolished.

Image from Chester Grudzinski IWM collections

Object Number - HU 54661 - Staff Sergeant A Grundzinski of the 78th fighter Group fashions a patch to repair bullet damage to a P-47 thunderbolt wing while working inside the...

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Line up of P-47 Thunderbolts of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, at Duxford air base. September 1944. Printed caption on reverse of print: '55432 AC - War Birds Home To Rest - Republic P-47 Thunderbolts lined up on an 8th Air Force field in England after a daylight sweep over Germany. Crews have finished inspections and refueling.'

Duxford

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: "Duckpond"

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

7 February 1920

Enlisted

Fort George G Meade, Maryland 11 April 1942

Based

Duxford 24 September 1942 - 27 November 1945

Other

Discharged

3 December 1945

Died

13 January 1997

Buried

Beverly National Cemetery

Revisions

Date
ContributorEmily
Changes
Sources

Draft Registration card via fold 3

Enlistment record, Pension record and Death record via Ancestry

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in book Duxford Diary by the Duxford Aviation Society, 1989 edition

Chester Adam Grudzinski: Gallery (5 items)

Camera technicians of the 78th Fighter Group at work inside a workshop at Duxford. Image from Chester Grudzinski

Object number: HU 54659 - Camera technicians of the 78th Fighter Group at...

Staff Sergeant Thomas of the 78th fighter Group receiving the Bronze Star in 1944 on the parade ground at Duxford. Image from Chester Grudzinski

Object number: HU 54660 - Staff Sergeant Thomas of the 78th fighter Group...

Staff Sergeant A Grundzinski of the 78th fighter Group fashions a patch to repair bullet damage to a P-47 thunderbolt wing while working inside the welding shop at Duxford. This building has now been demolished. Image from Chester Grudzinski

Object number: HU 54661 - Staff Sergeant A Grundzinski of the 78th fighter...

Staff Officers of the 78th Fighter Group stand to attention outside Hangar No 6 at Duxford, 1943. Image from Chester Grudzinski

Object number: HU 54662 - Staff Officers of the 78th Fighter Group stand to...

A group of senior officers of the 78th Fighter Group confer behind a hangar and in front of a water tower at Duxford. Image from Chester Grudzinski

Object number: HU 54663 - A group of senior officers of the 78th Fighter...