Joseph R Medzihrasky

Military

Shortened his last name to "Medzi" after the war.

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People

Aircraft

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-37894) nicknamed "Pegasus IV" of the 95th Bomb Group flies above the clouds. Image stamped on reverse: 'U.S. Air Force Photo 1361st Photographic Squadron Aerospace Audio-visual Services ( MAC)'[stamp] Printed caption on reverse: 'A-26344 - FORT FORTIFIED: During a recent raid over Bremen, Germany by the 8th AAF, a closeup of the new chin-turrent Flying Fortress was picked out of a formation for study. Making the Fort a more deadly weapon of air offense, the softeni

42-37894

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Pegasus IV
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron

42-38178

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Ten Aces
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron

42-97290

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Smilin' Sandy Sanchez
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Cleveland, OH 2 January 1923

Enlisted

Columbus, OH 13 December 1942 Fort Hays

Other

95th BG Combat Tour

Horham 11 December 1943 - 6 June 1944

Other

Wounded In Action

Rostock, Germany 26 February 1944 Unspecified wound during mission

Other

Wounded In Action

Sarreguemines, France 1 May 1944 Wounded in thigh during mission

Died

Parma, OH 28 October 1984

Buried

Brook Park, OH 31 October 1984 Holy Cross Cemetery Brook Park, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA Add to Map Plot Sec 35, Lot 3438, Grave 2
Cleveland, OH 2811 Vega Avenue

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http://www.ww2enlistment.org/index.php?page=directory&rec=1136393
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2238/images/44030_02_0…
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=61817&h=151707…
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=61817&h=151707…
https://95thbg.mmsw.eu/person/4501

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://95thbg.org/95th_db_pages/left_formation_code/gethonoroll.php