Joseph M Tonko

Military
UPL 22681 UPL 22681 Fr Row: John A Boyd, Thomas Scanlon, George Fabian, Robert Hughes
BR: Truman Starr, Unk, Unk, unk, James Mabry, John Tonko

Assigned to 96 Bomb Group

Place: Meyersburg, Tenn, USA

The third person in front row is George Fabian.

I am  his Grandson, Robert Fabian.

 

I've been looking for information so I can join Sons of the American Legion and came across this photo.

 

The John Fabian entry is wrong.  It doesn't even have a Service # for John.

 

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Object Number - UPL 22681 - Fr Row: John A Boyd, Thomas Scanlon, George Fabian, Robert Hughes BR: Truman Starr, Unk, Unk, unk, James Mabry, John Tonko Assigned to 96 Bomb...

Shot down by flak and fighters on a mission to the Marshalling Yards at Frankfurt on 4 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-38030 'The Merry Widow', Prisoner of War (POW).



Earlier on December 13, 1943, 'Dottie J' #42-30160 lost 2 engines to flak over Kiel and crashed upon landing. 4 KOF, 6 RTD



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-38030

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Merry Widow
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Eveleth, Minnesota, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 4 February 1944 Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Added POW camp information to the POW event and a S/N per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2195 / MACR 2195, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces; Snetterton Falcons pg 60, 88 & 108 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 22681 - Fr Row: John A Boyd, Thomas Scanlon, George Fabian...