John Mytko

Military
media-43632.jpeg UPL 43632 B-17 42-31035 'Hang The Expense' with Frank Valesh crew and groundcrew.

Rear L-R: T/Sgt John Mytko, 2Lt John R. Johnson, 2Lt Frank E. Valesh, 2Lt Maurice Zetlan, 2Lt John E. Booth, S/Sgt Paul J. Carbone, Sherman M. Nelson.

Front L-R: Nels O. Davidson, Unkn, Unkn, S/Sgt Roy Urich, S/Sgt Herschel H. Broyles, J.C. Sambrailo, Cpl Ernest m. Jordon, M/Sgt Harold C. Wildrick.

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 43632 - B-17 42-31035 'Hang The Expense' with Frank Valesh crew and groundcrew. Rear L-R: T/Sgt John Mytko, 2Lt John R. Johnson, 2Lt Frank E. Valesh, 2Lt...

Assigned to 351BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Valesh crew on 'Hang the Expense'.





Awards: DFC, AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve

100th Bomb Group

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

People

Personnel of the 100th Bomb Group inspect a damaged B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Hang the Expense" after a crash landing. Image via Stewart P Evans.

Frank Edward Valesh

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17062813 / O-?
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

A B-17G Flying Fortress (EP-E, serial number 42-39867) of the 351st Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group. Official caption on image: "265-(44). WPU - 2.29.44. Eastchurch. B-17G - 42-39867. FA-FSAD." Handwritten caption on reverse: '100th Bomb Group, 13th Combat Wing, 3rd Air Division, E?-E.[EP-E]' On reverse: USAAF Photographic Section Station 595 [Stamp].

42-39867

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hang the Expense II, Boeing Belle
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron 351st Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

New York County, NY 5 August 1921

Enlisted

Fort Jay, Governors Island, NY 8 September 1942 Fort Jay, Governors Island, New York

Died

Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ 28 August 2000

Based

Thorpe Abbotts Assigned to 351BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Cremated, burial unknown.

Revisions

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https://www.fold3.com/record/14665635-john-mytko
https://www.fold3.com/record/86321454-john-mytko
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155511019/john-mytko

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self

John Mytko: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 26347 - 42-31035 "Hang the Expense" Crew

Object number: UPL 43632 - B-17 42-31035 'Hang The Expense' with Frank Valesh...