Pete Matthew Kalasky
Military
Rear L-R: James Hahn, Unk, James Fulks.
Front L-R: Unk, Unk, Unk, Unk, John Conkling, Pete Kalasky.
Object Number - UPL 56025 - Hahn's crew, 303BG. Rear L-R: James Hahn, Unk, James Fulks. Front L-R: Unk, Unk, Unk, Unk, John Conkling, Pete Kalasky.
Assigned to 360BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down at Halchter in B-17 4297805 Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 9412
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME (3 x Battle Stars).
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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: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-758448
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Woodland, California, USA | 27 August 1922 | Son of Paul J Kalasky. |
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Enlisted |
Pittsburgh, PA | 31 July 1941 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 28 September 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
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Other Baled out POW |
Halchter, Germany | 28 September 1944 | Shot down at Halchter in B-17 4297805 Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 9412 |
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Died |
14 January 1989 | ||
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Buried |
Sharon Hills Memorial Park Dover, Kent County, DE | 17 January 1989 | Sharon Hills Memorial Park Dover, Kent County, Delaware |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Molesworth | 28 September 1944 | Assigned to 360BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
Honourable discharge. |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9412 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database