Emil R Bosak

Military
media-26642.jpeg UPL 26642 Emil Bosak (top row, third from the right) and crew, 1942.

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Object Number - UPL 26642 - Emil Bosak (top row, third from the right) and crew, 1942.

Hit by flak/fighters, exploded and crashed SSW of Brunswick just after bombs away on a mission to Brunswick, GR on 23 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-97476 'Shackeroo'. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'

94th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-97476

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Chicago, IL, USA 29 April 1942

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 23 March 1944

Born

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

NARA enlistment record: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=all&tf…

http://www.ww2pow.info/index.php?page=directory&rec=46454

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3536 / MACR 3536, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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