Paul Bodi Jr
Military
Object Number - UPL 81563 - 1st Lt Paul Bodi Jr
Assigned to 526BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 30 missions. ETD
Mission List: Wizerne, Chartres, Dijon, Sorau, Sottevast, Hamm, Landsberg, Mesnil-Au Val, Avord, Reims, Ehrang, Merseberg, Marquise, Berlin, Saarbrucken
Berlin, Wustensacken, Krzesinki, Halberstadt, Arromanches, Vannes, St Andre, Criel, Oulchy le Chat, Hamburg, Zudausques, Hamburg, Lille, Bremen, Coulanges.
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), EAME (3BS), WWII Victory.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 526th Bomb Squadron 379th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 12042266
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball turret gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 755973
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 694566
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16064372
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner ; Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T1423
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Blue Blazing Blizzard
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
16 May 1920 | BornCzechoslovakia | |
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Enlisted |
22 June 1943 | EnlistedFort Sheridan, Illinois | |
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Other Commissioned |
22 June 1943 | Commissioned 2nd Lt | |
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Other Discharged |
23 October 1945 | ||
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Died |
26 March 2003 | DiedRacine, Wisconsin | |
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Buried |
31 March 2003 | InterredSouthern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial CemeteryUnion Grove, Wisconsin |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/image/685202009
https://www.fold3.com/record/48278110/paul-bodi-us-social-security-death-index
https://www.fold3.com/record/711726245/bodi-paul-us-veterans-gravesites-ca1775-2019
https://www.fold3.com/record/89570404/paul-bodi-jr-us-wwii-army-enlistment-records-1938-1946
https://www.fold3.com/record/618849125/paul-bodi-1920-us-veterans-affairs-birls-death-file-1850-2010
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49289629/paul-bodi
379th Bombardment Group (H) Anthology, 1942-45; p. 157. / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
