Paul Olexo Jr

Military

Shotdown on 7/6/44 on mission to Verona in B-17 #42-31848. A/C was attacked by enemy fighters and exploded at about 14,000 feet, three chutes were seen, one burning, crashed Rovigo, It; MACR 6376. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

2nd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-31848

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 429th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Swedeland, Pennsylvania, USA 24 September 1919

Enlisted

Ft. Meade, MD, USA 29 July 1942 Ft. Meade, MD

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 6 July 1944 Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16

Other

Discharged

Macon, GA, USA 8 November 1945

Died

Lebanon, PA, USA 30 April 1991 Age 71

Buried

Annville, PA, USA 3 May 1991 Indiantown Gap National Cemetery Buried At: Section 9-B Site 644

Revisions

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Sources

See MACR 6376 at Fold3.
https://www.fold3.com/search?keywords=6376&general.title.id=95:Missing+…
Added Born, Died and Buried events per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 68937653.
Added Enlisted & Discharged events per "Pennsylvania, Veterans Burial Cards, 1777-2012" at Ancestry.com.