John P Kapustka
Military ROLL OF HONOURETTG, Carqueville crew. 381st G, 533rd BS. Shot down 9 October 1943 in B-17 #42-3180 'Forget Me Not II'. Mission #37 to the Focke-Wulf plant at Anklam, Germany. MACR 888. Plane crashed into North Sea after fighter attack. Killed in Action (KIA). Name on the Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge AMC.
Middleton, MI
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 7008817
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36235728
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-796868
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-734996
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
9 October 1943 | ||
Born |
Middleton, Michigan, USA | ||
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Germany | 9 October 1943 | |
Buried/ Commemorated |
Tablets of the Missing |
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Sources
381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 888 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 888 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database