Leon John Berkovsky
MilitaryShotdown by flak on 7/8/44 on mission to Vienna in B-17 #42-31813. A/C crashed near Varazdin, Yugo. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 6866.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 774th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Foggia Satellite #1, San Nicola-d'Arpi
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Sweet Home, Texas, USA | 15 April 1922 | Sweet Home, Texas, USA |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 8 July 1944 | Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11 |
Died |
13 February 2011 |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources
See MACR 6866 at Fold3.
https://www.fold3.com/image/29102361
Added Born event per "Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932" at Ancestry.com.
Added Died event per "U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014" at Ancestry.com.