Matthew Stanley Kwasny
MilitaryOn mission to Frankfurt on 29 Jan 1944, B-17G #42-31436 collided with another B-17 (#41-31151 of 96th BG/337th BS) and crashed near Monthermé, France. Prisoner of War (POW).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-732504
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-186678
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13084328
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31145281
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19059209 and O-738995
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 29 January 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Illinois, United States | 14 July 1917 | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Gneixendorf, Krems an der Donau, Austria | 29 January 1944 - 23 May 1945 | NARA WW II POW database : "Stalag XVIIB near Krems, Austria. Returned to Allied military control 23/5/45". |
Cook County, Illinois, United States | |||
Died |
River Grove, Cook County, Illinois, United States |
Revisions
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
MACR 2378
Research on biographies of crew
Correction of first name : Matthew instead of Mathew.
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2378 / MACR 2378, 8th AF Losses; Snetterton Falcons, page 98 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database