Peter John Zaskiewicz

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down by fighters on mission to Brunswick on 11 Jan 1944 in B-17G #42-37867 'Berlin Ambassador. ' Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

388th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

561st Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-37867

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Berlin Ambassador
Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Knettishall airfield looking south, the bomb dump is bottom left, 13 March 1944. Photograph taken by 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, sortie number US/7PH/GP/LOC226. English Heritage (USAAF Photography).

Events

Event	Location	Date
Born	Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Buried
Died Killed in Action (KIA)	Germany	11 January 1944

Event

Location

Date

Description

Born

Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

Buried

Died

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany

11 January 1944

Revisions

Date18 Mar 2023 18:44:08

Contributorjmoore43

Changes

Sources

Merged duplicate Died events.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:21:26

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

ABMC; MACR 3140, 8th AF Losses / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3140 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database